Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
The two black characters, a maid and her out of work boyfriend, are treated with some affection but also condescension. |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
1938 |
Plot: The Sycamore family, a group of loving and lovable eccentrics presided over by Grandpa (Lionel Barrymore), includes daughter Penny (Spring Byington), who writes lurid plays, her husband Paul (Samuel S. Hinds) who makes fireworks in the basement with Mr. DePinna (Halliwell Hobbes), the iceman who came by to deliver ice nine years before and …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Two characters stare blankly at the closed door, as flashing lights from the patrol cars circle the room and a voice booms out, “Come out with your hands up!” Henry (Paul Newman) turns to Carol (Linda Fiorentino) and says, “You haven’t lived until you’ve had someone say that to you.”Henry is a bank robber, released …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
D
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual situations, including adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
Multi-racial cast, stereotyped gay character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
This movie has a terrific cast and some very funny moments. But there is an overall slackness and an underlying cynicism that takes this outside of the category of mindless fun and makes it uncomfortably distasteful. Martin Lawrence plays a thief named Kevin who falls in love with a pretty English anthropologist named Amber (Carmen …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language (note: stronger than in the previews) |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, one-night stands, discussion of teen sex |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Character drinks a lot, character smokes pot when stressed |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril, suicidal character |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
Mel Gibson shows us just what women want in his first-ever romantic comedy — we want Mel Gibson. Mel plays Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive who is successful at work (he thinks up ideas like the Swedish bikini team) and with the ladies, whom he wheedles and charms but never really thinks about. His …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| Profanity: |
Mild |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Scenes in bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic book violence, characters in peril, few serious injuries or deaths |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie (mostly metaphoric) |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
Let’s get right to the point. Extremely cool special effects? Check. Highly overqualified actors bringing Shakespearian line readings to comic book dialogue? Check. Highly attractive young stars bringing sensational bodies to skin-tight costumes? Check. Really fun action sequences, at least one involving a national landmark? Check. Just the right balance of irony, self-awareness, and oh, …
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