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Lucky Number Slevin

(2006, Rated R, Drama, Starring Morgan Freeman, Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Smug and violent caper movie isn't for kids.

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Heroes are assassins, gamblers, and cheats who outsmart mob bosses.
  • Violence:

    Includes frequent killings and beatings (knifings, shootings, nose-breaking, neck-breaking, punching faces and stomachs, poisoning); opens with a man shot in his car (windows break, blood splatters); a horse takes a bad spill on a track; a woman is shot offscreen (you see blood splatter); a boy witnesses his dad's execution (you see blood on car windshield); a man is shot from a rooftop; explosion; dead, bloody bodies; Lindsey works in a morgue and so deals with dead bodies (one is grotesquely burned).
  • Sex:

    Two sex scenes; Lindsey accidentally sees Slevin's penis (though we don't -- her reaction is our focus); Slevin and Lindsey chatting, post-sex, in bed; flashback shows two gay men meeting secretly; verbal references to "hand job," "fine ass," "t--s."
  • Language:

    Frequent use of the f-word (30 or so instances); some sexual slang; several uses of s-word, "ass," and "hell," one "damn," pejoratives for gay men ("fairy").
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters drink in social situations.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Lucky Number Slevin

Parents need to know that the movie includes multiple violent scenes (shooting, neck- and nose-breaking, fighting, knifing, smothering in plastic wrap), as well as one flashback where a young boy sees his father killed by a hitman (the shooting is off-screen, the boy's stunned and frightened reaction is visible). Most characters are professional thugs and killers, gamblers, and con-men. One female character works in a morgue, where a burned corpse is visible (close-up of the grisly arm). Characters curse frequently, drink occasionally, and a few scenes display or insinuate sexual activity. None of the characters provides an admirable role model; some are cleverer than others.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the strong bond between the father-figure and his protégé. You might also discuss the risks of gambling (on anything), and the suggestion here that a "sure thing" (like the central, meticulously detailed revenge plot) might be possible. What do you make of Schlomo's assertion that "People are never happy with what they have, they want what they had or what somebody else has"?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title on for age 15 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative role models

    not to violent...but great movie

    By far the best crime thriller movie i've ever seen. The ending was so awesome cause slevin and goodkat hav been tricking everyone the whole movie.

  2. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 3.0

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Ohio
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 3.0

    Great Movie (just not for kids)

    My husband and I went to see this movie when it was first released, we left our girls with a babysitter, thank goodness we did. It was a good movie with many great actors, it was insanly violent and had very harsh language, but all and all I would see it again. Sad beginning, semi-confusing story, twisted ending. I give it two thumbs up!

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