I love this movie. It is really funny and the punchlines are perfect. Leslie Neilson is a very good asset but Robert Hays has really good moments too. I have watched it and I don't think that it is too bad. There is a part when two black passengers are talking and there are subtitles. This doesn't mean anything but some over-protective parents might take this as racist and, therefore, not for young children. I think that this is good for most children but some younger children might not understand some humour.
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Airplane!
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 11. -
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Common Sense says
Rapid-fire parody aimed squarely at teen boys.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–12
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What Parents Need to Know
About Airplane!
Parents need to know that this movie contains some mild cursing, drug use, a drawn-out barroom brawl between two Girl Scouts, and plenty of sexual innuendo. The drug and sexual references may fly over the heads of younger viewers. However, the overall tone of the film makes it clear that nothing is to be taken seriously.
Read our full review by Elliot Panek
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the use of humor in the movie. This movie is an equal opportunity offender that features several jokes at the expense of women, people of color, war veterans, and gays. Parents might consider talking with their kids about the intentions of the filmmakers. How does context change the way we interpret comedy?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines!
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Great movie! But parents should watch before kids and make a judgement
I loved this movie! There was a brief topless woman, but other than that nothing too bad.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
hilarious but should be rated R
I LOVED THIS MOVIE! This movie was hilarious! but there is a brief shot of a topless woman. But that's the only bad thing. I would say for 10 year olds and up.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Hilarious but edgy comedy for young teens.
Parents should know that while being hysterically funny, this quirky comedy includes sexual allusions and visuals. Bare breasts are shown once briefly (in a non-sexual manner), and references to sex pop up occasionally. comic violence is abundant including hangings, stabbings, and more. Social behavior isn't great.
Lives in OhioI rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
funny but it should be rated R
this really is a great movie but has very bad role modles. it has every illeagal drug known to man. there is some strong laungauge and topless female nudity. the violince is comic but will frighten some kids. a plane crashes through an airport. a man junps out a window (he is on crack). a man sets himself on fire and a woman hangs herself. two girl scouts get in a all night fist fight at a bar. this has all the stuff an R movie does,but somehow got away with PG. overall this movie is very VERY funny. but almost all the humor is either about drugs, mental retardation, sex, swears or violince. but parents will probbaly love lesley nielson in this movie. he is so funny in this one. but you have to be careful of your kids under the age of sixteen seeing it. it was definetley made for adults. see you next time. bye.
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
This is sure to become a classic
It's been a long time since I've seen it, and I don't remember it really well. Just as a good movie.
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
BEST COMEDY MOVIE EVER but not for the young ones . . .SPOILER ALERT!!!
Dont get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE this movie, its a one-off clever satire for every movie lover, but some of the humour is sexual and crude. There is partial nudity (in one scene, a woman's bare breasts are shown) as well as other references: double entedres for fellatio, sexual magazines are shown, one of which is titled "Modern Sperm", a doctor is looking up a young girl's nightie, and there is also some language (sh*t etc) and comedic violence which could be too much for kids under 11 (a japanese man stabs himself with a samurai sword, an old woman hangs herself, and a sick young girl's drip is knocked out of her wrist by the end of a guitar causing her to die. All of this is in a comic vein, but maybe think twice before showing it to the young ones All round an ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT movie for kids over 11 and an amazing testament to the power of comedy!!
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Plenty of laughs-very loose rating
It was a very funny movie, and the above mentioned topics of concern are hard to take seriously. The topless woman that walks in front of the screen makes the PG rating very debatable. The drugs are not serious, but the many occurences make it a minor issue. It is hillarious and the parental reviews are completely overboard. The language in the movie is mild compared to that at any normal middle school, and the violence is to funny to get anything but laughs.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
one of my favorite comidies
great movie but, does have topless women, women hanging herself, and a little bit of language. This was a PG befor there was a PG-13 ratign
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Strickly for 12 and up
OK - this is one of those movies that you pick up because you think it would be a nice nostalgia movie to watch with the kids. Beware that the PG rating belies liberal use of the "sh" word and a couple of "assh**e", a good number of references to alcohol, smoking, cocaine use, amphetemines, glue sniffing. There are a couple sexual references (BJ given to inflatable co-pilot, inflatable co-pilot grabs woman's breasts, references to breasts, as well as a close up of a topless woman's breasts). For violence, there's actually less than in modern movies, the girl scout's brawl scene, someone stabs someone in the back, a scene where people slap a passenger in distress, and a couple of scenes where people get punched in the face, people committing suicide (hanging, sword in belly, lighting oneself on fire). If you are sensitive to gay humor, there is one character that is played for laughs as flaming. There's some mild pedophilia references between the captain and a boy passenger. As for content, the movie was not as funny as I remembered it, for some reason.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
Commonsense missed the suicide!
I loved this movie but will wait a while to show it to my kids, age 10 and 9. I was surprised that in the Parents need to know/Message section Commonsensemedia made no mention of the old lady who hung herself rather than listen to Robert Hays any longer.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
2 words
COMEDY CLASSIC!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Great
I love this movie!!!!!!! I don't see what the complaint is with the topless woman, boobies are okay for PG. Anyway, she was really hot.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
funny movie
My big brother likes this movie, and laughs a lot. I don't get many of the jokes, but it was funny anyway.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Funny, but very strong for a PG rating.
I thought Airplane was a very funny spoof for it's time. Sure, it's not gonna be a big hit with the kids, but To those who like The Clasical stuff, and Who can tell what time it was made from, it's gonna be Pretty darn funny! Sex: This is the Part that stretches the PG rating. Quite a bit of indo, and a part where it looks as if a woman is Preforming Oral Sex on a "Automatic Piolet." The worst part is when a bare-Breasted woman runs across the screen and starts bouncing for a few seconds. Altough the Scene is short, it's still prity Inappropriate. Violence: It's all commical, but it's still there. Language: Rare uses of the "S" word. Drugs: Quite a bit! I'm not going to go into Detail, but there's quite a bit of drug use here! Overall: Let you thirteen or Fourteen year old see it. It's funny, and if they like spoofs, whey'll laugh at this one!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
"Random". That word pretty much sums it up...
This is a very random movie and I would imagine would be somewhat offensive to some people. It was a disappointment and didn't live up to it's "One of the top ten funniest movies ever made!" comment, which is located on the front cover of the DVD case. Recromended for ages 18+. People younger probrably wouldn't understand the comic remarks. I didn't. Hope my review helped you out! -i love dogs
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Airplane! is one of the funniest movies I have every seen. I think I understood it more the second time I watched it and laughed harder because I finally got all the jokes. However, Airplane! is not recommended for young children under 12. There are crude and sexual jokes, brief topless nudity, drug use including illegal drugs and references and some violence. Because of the nudity and how it was presented (although briefly) would give the movie an R today. I personally believe that it should be no higher than PG-13 but the MPAA has gotten more uptight about nudity in PG movies since the late 70s, early 80s. In spite of this, Airplane! is a must-see.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
GREAT!
A very funny movie with minimal language, pretty much no violence, a lot of drugs, and a split second of a woman's breasts. You need to see it.
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