This is a great family movie. My dad showed it to me and my ten year old sister and we loved it. WATCH THIS MOVIE. There is some kissing on a fancy boat near the end kinda, and there is a small 'slumber party' where the girls are all drinking when they're not allowed to. Nothing too bad. :)
Some Like It Hot
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Common Sense says
One of the wildest farces ever.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Some Like It Hot was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that this is one of the wildest farces ever filmed, but it has a lot of heart as well, with brilliant performances by all three stars. Older kids can handle the mature content here (and some of the references may fly over their heads).
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What’s the Story?
Musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day massacre of a group of bootleggers by Spats Columbo (George Raft) and his mob. Desperate to get out of town, they accept a job with a band on its way to Florida -- an all-girl band -- and they dress as women, calling themselves "Josephine" and "Daphne." When they get to Florida, Joe adopts yet another disguise, this time as a wealthy bachelor, and attempts to woo the band's lead singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe). Meanwhile, Osgood (Joe E. Brown), an actual wealthy bachelor, is interested in "Daphne." Meanwhile, Spats and his gang arrive at the hotel for a conference with other gang leaders, which results in even more bloodshed. Can Joe get the girl and get away from Spats?
Is It Any Good?
SOME LIKE IT HOT is one of the wildest farces ever filmed, but it has a lot of heart as well, with brilliant performances by all three stars. Monroe is heartbreakingly vulnerable as Sugar, explaining that she always gets "the fuzzy end of the lollypop." Joe must become someone else in order to learn the truth about Sugar (who would never have confided in a man) and about himself (as he sees the consequences of his exploitive behavior and feels what it is like to have men try to force their attentions on him). Jerry, hilariously, turns out to be as suggestible as a woman as he was as a man. As himself, he ends up going along with whatever Joe tells him. In women's clothes, he starts to think of himself as a woman. The scene where he tells Joe he and Osgood are engaged is a classic.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
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So funny! Great family movie!
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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- Good role models
perfect for 10 year olds or older
this movie was tereffic! I loved when the gangsters start to fight and when the girl is unhappy they had sugar drinks.
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
You just have to like that kind of movie
Honestly Its a classic. its one of my favorite Monroe movies me and my mom both enjoy watching it. but i would probly say that about any thing Monroe was in.
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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Funniest Movie Ever? I Don't Think So...
...But don't get me wrong: I liked it. It was just average, though. A lot of hype for not very much. Good news: it isn't graphic or egregious. Innuendos are rampant in the film, but they are silly and harmless. Violence is really the main concern. By COMMONSENSE's review, I took the "off-screen" shooting to mean that it was implied. Not so. It is very much onscreen. Gangster slayings are shown (with blaring machine guns and bloodied bodies), and several men are shot when a weapon-wielding henchman pops out of a birthday cake. The two main characters are in peril for most of the film.
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| 33% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 33% | of parents say it's too violent |
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