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Scarface: 20th Anniversary Edition
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Extremely violent remake. Not for kids!
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What Parents Need to Know
About Scarface: 20th Anniversary Edition
Parents need to know that this film is extremely violent from start to finish and is not recommended to anyone under the age of 17. It has developed a cultlike following, especially among teenage males. Despite the main character's death due to his violent criminal behavior, his dramatic outbursts may appeal to angsty teens. Additionally, the obscenity-filled dialogue is some of the most quotable in film history, with many lines having been incorporated into hip-hop lyrics of the past 20 years. Tony treats his wife quite poorly, verbally lashing out at her. Cocaine is a constant presence in the film.
Read our full review by David Gurney
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how Tony's story is a rise-and-fall scenario, and how it makes the obvious point that the decadent lifestyle of a drug kingpin can crumble very easily. Does Al Pacino's character make his violent lifestyle more attractive than it really is? Is the graphic and verbal violence necessary to convey the story, or is it overindulgent? What can be said of Tony's troubled relationships with women? Does Tony ever even appear to be happy or content for a moment of the film? For that matter, do any of the characters?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title off for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
the best
- I rate this title for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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scarface rocks and al pacino rocks too
that movie is awesome the only person who can make that movie is brien de palma and al paino he is 70 but he started being an actor when he was 20 so for his actor career he is 50 year old so you people better be nice or i will kill you rock on al pacino so if you see this note al make a scarface 2 please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
Al Pacino is truly awesome!
Really great movie! There is quite a bit of violence, and almost nonstop usage of the F-word but I think most teens can handle it.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
not a good movie
This movie was kind of boaring I skip parts becuse they were not intersting very boraing film but the ending was so violent the actor is good!
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Al Pacino is Terrific!
I love this film, best gangster film ever made, me and my 13 year-old son saw this movie together! and we both loved it! i'm think of showing it to my 10 year-old son, but it does contain extreme acts of violence (involving a M-16 machine gun, grenade launcher, pistols, uzis, knives, shotguns, and most of all a chainsaw) with tons of blood! There's not much Sex and Nudity, but there is one super quick scene of nudity (breasts, nipples, belly button, pubic hair, and vagina are visible in this scene) but goes by quick! and one implied sex scene, staring at women, and one extremely violent sexual scene involving a brother and sister (half of her breasts are scene, but you don't see any nipples, because they're half covered)! They're is a great amount of drugs and alcohol in this film (mostly drugs)! And to top it off a non-stop barrage of F-words throughout the film! Does have a good point though "Money, Fame, and Power will always some how lead to sadness and depression". Might want to watch this one with your kids
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
the best movie ever
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
It's a favorite among teenagers. Yes there is violence/blood, cocaine dealing is one of the main plots of the film and tehre is tons of swearing. However anyone over 13 would already know about this stuff.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
The movie with the famous line "say hello to my little friends
Don't get me wrong, this is one of the greatest movies ever made but boy oh boy is this not a movie for kids. The movie has the most use of the word F and the violence is disturbing. If you get past the graphic violence and language, you could like it. I strongly recommend this for kids age 13 and up.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
The most pointlessly violent film ever
At least the original had a message to it.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
I liked scarface but it is not for all kids my age
Scarface was a very violent movie filled with drugs, booze and smoking. It would not be suitible for most kids my age. There is a little bit of nudity and sexuality but the violence just went over the top. There was blood and gore all over the place!!! Though i still liked the story. Pacino played very well in the film. Even though he was doing bad things, you still sort of admired his way. Great movie but too violent for kids my age.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
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- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
A Great ADULT movie
I saw this film when I was 11 or 12. I thought and I think now. This film could probably pass off as an NC-17. I think the MPAA was easy on this film. Children should be hidden from this film till they're mature enough for sex, violence, drugs (a lot), and bad social influence in the same film. Anyways this is a great film for its time.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Well...
I am 10 my parents relly dont care but when scareface and outher movies of this sence i just say it is a movie i have no idea why people get all worked up by it. It is not just like a 5 year old is going to drug deal or have sex relly you dont learn this stuff by movies you learn it by you parents or by school i learned both ways i rember when i was like 7 i saw a bad movie they said the f word and i said " mommy what does that mean " and my mom said " it means it is time for bed " that is how it works in my book if parents read this i am not lieing if you a litle kid let the watch a R movie or a M game than take it away when they are ready talk to them about sex and then it wont be such a big deal.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
It's about a Drug Lord
The movie is a must see movie if you like these kinda of action movies. I have seen a lot of movies on the Drug Kingdom and i would say that this is the best movie of them. However, this movie is not at all for anyone under 17.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
its cha boy
alright scarface is not that great of a movie to start... its not even worth considering one of the 100 greatest movies of all time. its mediocre and its not that controvesial... the stupid conservative mindset of this cuntry is the reason why so much violence is condemmed because they are to afraid to face reality. this is the world we live in. you cant change that. this is merely a veiw of the state of the world at that time. nothing more
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| 100% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents say it's too violent |
| 100% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
| 100% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 100% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
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