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Mindhunters

(2005, Rated R, Thriller, Starring Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J, Kathryn Morris)
  • 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?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Wannabe FBI profilers stalked by serial killer.

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Serial killing.
  • Violence:

    It's a grisly serial killer movie.
  • Sex:

    Brief sex scene in a shower; references to sexual desire and activity.
  • Language:

    Very strong language -- many f-words.
  • Consumerism:

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

    Characters drink and smoke cigarettes.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Mindhunters

Parents need to know that this movie includes strong language (especially "f--k") and sexual references and situations (including a sex scene that begins in a shower). Characters smoke and drink. The film includes gross-out scenes (maggots, roaches, blood) and gory, emphatic violence (assaults involve knives, guns, drowning, electrocution, acid-poisoning, liquid-nitrogen freezing, a head chopped off). A dead cat is left hanging in a bathroom. Almost all characters are killed.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the film's various and familiar competitions -- between teachers and students; men and women; white, black, and Latina characters; abled and disabled characters (Vince is in a wheelchair). The movie also raises questions about trust and loyalty, to a team, to friends, and to a law-and-order ideal.

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

    Different

    This movie had probably 3 or 4 twists in it, but was pretty good overall.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Life's guilty pleasures

    This is a great sadistic thriller similar to seven. You will feel very guilty watching this and excited a to see who dies and how as they are all very personal ingenious traps. there are some disturbing images and deaths but it's a great movie. The friendships and teamwork all play into the amazing inginuity of the killer. Great stuff

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Ohio
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0

    Smart & Ingenious Thriller

    MindHunters is a modern day tale of the great Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians". It is a GREAT who-dun-it and you dont know & wont know who, up until the very, very end. It has suspense, thrills, laughs, ingenuity, keeps you guessing & is a very smart thriller. There is some language, a mild sex scene, violence and mild gore. In my opinion this should have been rated PG-13, simply because I dont think it warrants its R rating. There are plenty of PG-13 flicks worse that this, But, we do have too many PG-13 "wanna be suspense/horror" flicks out there now that & this is welcomed mid teen-adult thriller fare. I give the great action director Renny Harlin, 2 Big Thumbs Up & 5 Stars out of 5 Stars. Rent this today, you will not regret it.

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