Chronicle

I love movies and I love Super hero / super power related movies. This movie left me with an unpleasant feeling which did not encourage me to want to watch it again. A Loner with a drunk father and a dying mother begins filming his life. Goes to a party with his cousin, where they and another boy drop down into a tunnel which has an alien crystal meteor thing. They all get super powers and explore them on camera. The Boys appear to form a friendship, but the power corrupts the main character which spirals the story into oblivion. I watch movies to escape reality, not to watch hyper realism with no positive message. If you are looking for a story of redemption and self discovery you can skip this movie.

Horrible movie! I think the trailer and the description is deceiving. It has terrible scenes that are nothing but disgusting. The themes are jus horrendous all over, from the son trying to kill his father, an obsolete mother in every sense, a frustrated-violent teen that deals with everything in the wrong way. He kills his friend, a total failure that causes destruction all over the place. I don't think this movie should be P-13. I took a lot of kids for a birthday party and I think it was a spoiler. I was embarrassed to tell the parents about the movie. I thought I had done the reseach and I trusted the description and the rating. A complete failure! Nothing positive about it. The camera in the film created a creepy effect. No music in the background to deal with emotions. It doesn't show any values or positive messages. The scene at the end is "too little, too late"...Terrible actors, terrible plot, terrible message, horrible production.

This is a great film, but it has some depressing scenes. The main character, Andrew, is picked on at school and at home it is worse. His father shown is shown beating\abusing Andrew. The film also has some startling violence toward the end of the film. There is quite a bit of language in the beginning of the film, when the main characters us their powers for fun, not for revenge toward the middle scenes.The sexual content really nothing. It is implied, but not shown.There is also teen drinking and a party sequence. 4\5 Pg-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking

Parents need to know that CHRONICLE is fast,exciting and heartfelt.It's also very violent and sometimes disturbing.The main character is physically abused by his father(punched),and the movie also deals with some tough issues like bullying,teen angst,chronic illness,family problems and more.Along with the physical abuse there's also plenty of mayhem,action and destruction(Buildings exploding,cars flying etc.),blood is visible,but nothing overly graphic,and the film also leads to a shocking finale that could make you cover your eyes.Expect swearing(S**t mostly.),sexual innuendo,and some underage drinking.Because of the content shown,this film is better suited for older teens. Messages:Positive 1/5 If there's a message to be said,it's that when your given a special talent,use it wisely.The film also deals with mature issues like bullying,family problems,rage,abuse and more.Strong sense of friendship is in the film. Role Models:Positive 2/5 Matt and Steve are good people,they may not be perfect,but they're brave,caring and use they're powers for the common good.They also try to help Andrew with his personal problems,and although Andrew does make some questionable choices,he does learn some lessons and he try's not to emulate his abusive father(who by the way is a terrible role model.). Violence:4/5 Plenty of violence some of it disturbing.Andrew's father abuse's him by punching him and saying hurtful things.Andrew beats up a group of thugs with his powers,blood is shown and they do look dead.A character is set on fire from an explosion,his body is shown later on in the hospital.One character is hit by a bus,that same character is then shot point blank.Andrew get's outta of control and causes destruction and mayhem(Cars and bodies flying,Buildings exploding,etc.) all across the city.Andrew accidentally causes a car accident,and One major Character die's from a lighting strike,though the camera point's away from anything graphic.Andrew is shown bullied at school,later on he pull's the bully's teeth out with with powers(some blood.),the end of the flim is pretty shocking.In less intense moments of the film,there are some pratfalls and silly stuff among the characters as they use they're new powers. Sex:3/5 Teens kiss and talk about sex,as one character say's that he's never had sex.Andrew is shown pulling his pants up,which suggests that he tried to have sex with someone.Occasional innuendo. Language:3/5 Very frequent use of "S**t"(some with "bull".),"a**","P***y","a**hole","d**sebag","P*ick","Holy Crap","Godd*mn","H*ll', and of course "Oh my God" A character raise's the middle finger. Consumerism:2/5 Background images include Pepsi,Mountain Dew,and Pringles.A Volkswagon Beetle is shown at one point. Drinking,Drugs and Smoking:3/5 Party scenes shown characters with red cups,and it's obvious that it's alcohol.Some drinking to the point of drunkness.Andrew's father is described as an alcoholic. Is it any good:Doesn't mistake Chronicle as a Blair witch rip-off.It's actually very heartfelt,despite it's appearence.With it's story having a good hook to it(what would happen if teens had superpowers.).And the acting is very well-done,with performances from it's young cast.Although some scenes will leave you wondering what happenned,the film couldn't show us what happenned due to the found footage format and it's PG-13 rating. Don't worry there's still well-crafted action scenes as it mixes with it's cool special effects.The best effects in the movie are when the guys are shown flying in the sky.The use of found footage helps make the movie a little more interesting,though it would still be great without it's use of the handheld camera.Put it all together and Chronicle soars and lands safely.But does alot of better things than expected. My MPAA Rating:PG-13 For Intense Sequences of Violence and Action,Disturbing Images,Thematic Material,Language including Sexual Refrences,and Some Underage Drinking - Involving Teens.