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Posted on June 5, 2004 at 3:04 pm
C
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some rude schooyard language like "butt" and "suck-up" |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
A bit of potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril, including shock collar |
| Diversity Issues: |
All human characters white |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Garfield is a big, orange, lazy glutton of a cat created by cartoonist Jim Davis in 1978. His musings on life’s essential concerns — meaning mostly how he can get more of everything, especially food and attention, without any effort — work pretty well in a three-panel comic. At least they work well enough so …
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Posted on June 4, 2004 at 5:17 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual situations and references for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
A lot of drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense and sad scenes, horseback-riding accident, sad death |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
De-Lovely is Di-Sapointing. On the asset side, we have the glorious songs of Cole Porter, the most urbane and elegant composer-lyricist of the 20th century. He’s the top. And we have suitably elegant and urbane production design, with sets and costumes that help to tell the story. Unfortunately, we also have a script that keeps …
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Posted on May 26, 2004 at 6:26 pm
B
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language including racial epithets |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Extremely explicit sexual humor, references, situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and tension, humiliating scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie, parodies of stereotypes may seem like stereotypes themselves |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
What happens when you take a relatively big budget for a comedy ($16 million), a tried-and-true comic vehicle in the plane from which no one can escape, and a handful of actors clearly having fun? Apparently, you get 86 minutes of silliness ranging from sweet to raunchy aimed at the “mature” audience who hasn’t outgrown …
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Posted on May 26, 2004 at 11:01 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief non-explicit sexual situation, teen kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Mild |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril, many characters killed, dead bodies, brief graphic wounds |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
A disaster movie has to be about more than the cool special effects. It does not have to have compelling characters or memorable dialoge. It does not even have to make sense in logical terms, but it has to feel true the same way that a myth or an urban legend does. The best disaster …
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Posted on May 24, 2004 at 9:29 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| Profanity: |
A few "bloody hells" and a "damn" |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Wine and brandy |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense scary images for a PG, characters in peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
One theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Harry Potter is 13 in this third movie based on the globally-popular series of books by J.K. Rowling, and the movie itself seems to be entering adolescence, darker themes, darker images, and darker emotions. It also has a bracingly welcome sense of humor. The first two movies were competently directed by Chris Columbus, with brilliant …
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