Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
D
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief vulgar reference, implication of date rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters drink |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some strong violence (mostly offscreen), characters in peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
The big surprise ending of “Unbreakable” is what a disappointment it is. The writer/director of “The Sixth Sense” begins with many of the same elements — Bruce Willis, a Philadelphia setting, a strained marriage, a child who is grappling with some big issues, elements of the supernatural, and a twist at the end. Once again, …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Plot: Steven Lidz is the son of Sid (John Turturro), an inventor. He is a distracted man who “believes in documentation” and empirical data. Steven is closer to his warm-hearted mother, the emotional center of the family. When she becomes ill, he goes to live with his father’s two brothers (Michael Richards and Maury Chaikin), …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit sexual situations and references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters drink, get drunk |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense scenes of peril, characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Character uses women |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
This movie has a lot of surface appeal, but at its core it is as vacant as the story’s main character. It tries to be a sort of “Sixth Sense” with sex, a trippy mind game movie about a rich, successful, handsome, but superficial man named David (Tom Cruise), whose life turns upside down when …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Mild |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme, vivid, graphic, and relentless battle violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Reference to racism, Vietnamese characters portrayed with dignity |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2002 |
The Viet Nam battle drama “We Were Soldiers” spends half an hour making us care about each of the characters and the rest of the movie blowing them up. It is based on the book by Lt. Colonel Harold G. Moore, a devout Catholic who is as devoted a commander as he is a father. …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
One mild joke as Eunice tells the judge she "They tried to molest me," and he replies "That's...unbelievable." |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
1972 |
Plot: “Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag,” this movie begins. But actually there are four, identical on the outside, but with very different contents. One contains a set of rare rocks on their way to being presented at a conference of musicologists. One contains a very valuable collection of jewelry. One …
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