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The Incredible Shrinking Woman

(1981, Rated PG, Comedy, Starring Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 7.

  • Is it any good?

    1.0

  • Common Sense says

    Excruciatingly bad Lily Tomlin comedy.

Why We Rated This off for Ages 7 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.

  • Violence & scariness:

    A tiny woman falls in a garbage disposal, is nearly ground to death.

  • Sexy stuff:

    Allusions to the sexual frustrations of being married to a tiny woman.

  • Language:

    One or two moderate curses. A cereal box's ingredients, read aloud, include "synthetic spermatozoa" and "bull scrotum."

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Parents need to know that kids will hear allusions to the sexual frustrations of being married to a tiny woman. There are one or two moderate curses and some potty-mouth talk: A cereal box's ingredients, read aloud, include "synthetic spermatozoa" and "bull scrotum." The shrinking woman is in perpetual danger of being squashed or worse. She falls in a garbage disposal and is nearly ground to death.

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