This movie only proved that I need to not trust the PG rating where my six year old is concerned, and need to do some research before I take him to a movie. A group of kids beat the Cat in the Hat with bats. The Cat in the Hat says "son of a ....". The Cat in the Hat takes aim at one child's head with said bat. The cat picks up a garden hoe and says "dirty h*". Then, just to further drive the point home for those of us who might have missed it, he calls it, "baby." This made my son look at me with wide-eyes. This is a terrible movie for any age. It's not funny even at an adult's level, and it's completely inappropriate for anyone under the age of 12, yet it doesn't have enough smarts or humor to keep anyone older than 8 interested. FLOP. I bet it'll make a ton of money.

I sat down to watch this movie with my 6 year old and my 4 year old thinking a Dr. Seuss-based movie had to be great for the kids. I was so terribly wrong! Most of the nasty stuff went over my kids' heads (thankfully), but I almost turned it off anyway. It has so much crude humor, sexual references and language references that I could hardly believe this would be movie marketed to kids! I will never assume a movie is appropriate for my kids again regardless of how appropriate it may seem by the appearance. Personally, I wouldn't allow my kids to watch it even if they are bit older because there is very little positive I can say about it. Too much gratuitous junk in it. When I turn on a kid's movie, I expect it to be appropriate for them. :(

I have resigned myself to the fact that I'll be seeing a lot of stupid children's movies for the next 15 years. And so I took my sons to see this with some resignation. But, it was actually palatable. It teaches some good lessons at the end, and Mike Meyers is very funny. I thought my toddler wouldn't be as interested as the older kids, but he loved it. There is enough shlap to appeal to the silly-loving toddler crowd. Luckily, most of the off-color jokes are subtle enough that the kids miss them, and the scary parts are pretty tame. A nice bit of fluff for the fam.

Even if you ignore the slaughter of a good book- this movie is disgusting. It has the humor level of drunk college men, but marketed for children? This movie does't have any redeeming qualities.

As I write this my almost 5 year old and her 9 and 11 year old brothers are watching it. I can hear the laughter almost continuously! I am very strict about the movies my kids watch. specially regarding violence. This is just plain funny. Yes there are some innuendoes but the younger kids just wont get it.

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Don't really need to put anything else in do I? But you probably want my standard brand of review, so here: The movie is bigger and better than the book, which is for the most part, maybe Ted Geisel's (more commonly know as Dr.Seuss) worst works (other than those "Learning To Read" books, you're learning to read if you read any his books PERIOD (unless you're on a morals assignment for your 4th grade teacher)) so this movie is a welcome surprise for people that like good plots.

Terrible movie. Don't let watch. Suggested MPAA Rating: NC-17 for strong thematic material, stupidity, sexual content, language, nudity, and double-entendres.

I used to love this movie but just the other day I watched it with my 8 year old bro and I noticed there was quite a bit of dirty jokes... it would fly over most little kids heads (and by little kids I mean anyone under 9) but there still inappropriate... for example with a garden hoe in his hand he says "dirty hoe!" and there is some other sexual and rude jokes... Common Sense Media definitely didn't watch the movie carefully enough since they rated it 5+. This is a hard PG and I think it should be rated PG- 13! It's also really cheap and badly made... DO NOT waste your time!!!