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I Know Who Killed Me

(2007, Rated R, Horror, Starring Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Awful Lindsay Lohan serial killer movie; beware!

updated 07.04.08

Why We Rated This off for Ages 16 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Terrible throughout: serial killer tortures and dismembers his victims; stripper drinks, smokes, and has indiscriminate sex; "good" schoolgirl flirts with seedy-looking gardener; father lies to daughter and wife; cops are threatening and slow on the uptake.
  • Violence :

    Extreme violence and frequent discussion of violence: serial killer in the news dismembers victims (bloody, explicit images of fingers frozen in dry ice so they turn black, then cut off), Dakota appears without arm and leg (especially bloody in her nightmare version), Aubrey screams and cries while she's tortured (close-ups of her face), search party for missing Aubrey recalls TV news. Dakota discovers her mother's dead body (overdosed, grisly blue/black, with flies buzzing). Dakota's wounds-by-osmosis are displayed overtly (bloody and gaping), as are images she finds on the net illustrating a concept called "Stigmata Twins." Fight between Aubrey and serial killer includes slamming, hitting, falling, bondage, a hand sawed off, and a throat cut, all producing lots of blood.
  • Sex :

    Film opens with, then repeats periodically repeats images of Dakota dancing in strip club (usually close-up, in red light, slow motion, and lingerie, pole-dancing and writhing); she rubs a customer's cigarette along her thigh, then he smells it. Strip club scenes show other women's naked breasts and lap-dancing. Aubrey kisses her boyfriend, also flirting with lawn-man (he holds up branch to simulate an erection and she shows off her tightly-clad form). Discussions of sex include high school girls ("popping out babies"), science class ("female reproductive organs"), Aubrey and Jerrod ("Is that all I am to you?"), Dakota and Jerrod (she uses "f--k" in her conversation). Repeated shots of cleavage, discussion of condoms (as the basis of a ruse played on FBI agents).
  • Language:

    Foul language includes at least 18 uses of "f--k," plus a few instances of "s--t," "hell," and "goddamn."
  • Consumerism:

    Lexus, Ask.com, Wikipedia.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Heavy smoking and drinking by Dakota, her strip club boss, and clients at the strip club. Dakota says she was "raised by a crack addict."
 

What Parents Need to Know

About I Know Who Killed Me

Parents need to know that this Lindsay Lohan movie is emphatically not for kids. She plays a stripper who becomes involved in a serial murder case, appearing not only in pole-dancing scenes and scenes where she drinks and smokes cigarettes, but also in very violent scenes. This imagery includes bloody dismemberment, bondage, fights, a chase in a dark house, a creepy basement with prosthetic legs hanging from the ceiling, and a couple of dead parents discovered by high-school-aged children. Sexual imagery includes pole-dancing, lap-dancing, and much writhing on stage, as well as a sex scene between Dakota and Jerrod (all close-ups, with moaning, as her "mother" overhears from the kitchen downstairs). The strippers and their clients smoke cigarettes and drink hard liquor. Language includes frequent use of "f--k."

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  • Families can talk about this film role as a choice for Lindsay Lohan, who is trying to make a transition from Disney films and kids' parts into more mature fare: How does this film help or hurt that transition? What sorts of movies should she be making? Does her party girl image overshadow her acting talents? Should young actors have to be role models?
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  1. Teen Reviewer
    Age 17
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 2.0

    poeple are to sensitive it wasn't that bad

    look everyone who is out there bashing this movie, yall just need to stop hating. like all you guys are b---hing about how horrible it was right, but in reality you guys are the reason it wasnt up to your expectations. yea i went there. its because you guys had a certain image of what you thought the movie was going to be and then when you saw it you were let down, but like i said it was your own fault. if you guys would have just went to the movies with an open mind instead of your hight expectations for one thing you wouldnt ahve been so disappointed when you got something else. and as for all of you who are hatin on my girl LL. you guys should really lay off of her i mean at least she had the guts to try something new. she put herself out there for the worl to see and all anyone can do is see that bad. i dont see any of yalls a--es up there in the movie....so the next time you wanna bash on someone, put yourself in there shoes.....

  2. Teen Reviewer
    Age 17
    Lives in
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 3.0

    Not the Lindsay Lohan Movie I Wanted to See

    Okay, I love Lindsay Lohan and I got this movie in hopes that I would be able to see her in a new kind of role which she hasn't done before and I was right - But in a bad way. The story line is very good I think, but the movie was watered down by too much sex and far too much nudiy. The reasons younger kids should not see it is because of: Bloody images, dismemberment, female nudiy in many of the scenes, and strong language. I think I would have been able to enjoy it myself, but the way it turned out had far too much nudiy for me.

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 2.0

  4. Teen Reviewer
    Age 17
    Lives in Colorado
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 4.0

    I Know Who Killed Me (Iz A Brainteaser)

    i think the movie is ok. Sure there are some (some-what) inaproprate scenes in it but the concept of the movie was good. I just did'nt understand what was up with the guy who was on the bus because when dakota was dreaming he was the angel in the dream. saying "there is always a half to everythin good and bad, love and hate,ect"

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Tennessee
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0

    I was stuck to the movie wondering what would happen next.

    The movie is a very good thriller. It's not scary, but will have you at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. I think that this movie was very good, just not for children. I felt like the stigmata issue of the movie was awsome.

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