Dreamcatcher (R, 2003)

Well, um... wow. This is a difficult one to review, so I am just going to shoot for simplicity. The violence is not good at all, everything from a man getting his fingers bitten off by an alien worm (the sight of which will scare the pants off of most pre-teens), to another man who gets his privates bitten off by the same type of creature, then explains what just happened explicitly. Along with the frequent threat of shooting, a threat which is occasionally carried out, and much more violence from aliens, the violence contributes to the R-rating heavily. The language also contributes to the R-rating quite a bit, literally every word one can think of is used at least twice. Sex is never seen, but talked about very explicitly. These discussions are not frequent, but are definetely there. Morgan Freeman plays a bad guy, which quite surprised me, but despite the Common Sense group's review, I found Freeman's acting quite good. Overall, though not for people under 15, an excellent Sci-Fi film, one of my favorites. If you are a fan of science fiction, then enjoy!

Wow I'm surprised that people think this movie is scary. I watched the entire movie, I was extremely calm. In fact the movie is kinda boring and the acting is pretty bad at times. The violence isn't nearly as brutal as many other horror movies, same for the language. Also there is only like 5 sexual references. But a couple characters are always drunk.

Now, I've read 1/3 of the ACTUAL book. And as far as 600 page book adaptions go, this movie stays pretty true to it's source material(can't say the same about IT). The violence, at times, is a little nasty- but nothing too bad. Also, the language is both profane and explicitly sexual. And many characters are constantly drunk without consequence, ergo the "negative role models" concern...BUT...This movie has great main themes, such as redemption, faith, trust, friendship, and helping others in need-even when the odds are terribly against you, ergo the "good role models" highlight. This movie will not easily make any high schooler, or even late-middle schooler, cover their eyes. It's not scary. A few jump scenes are the worst of it. But not so much to where it just gets predictable and boring(BOOGEYMAN). Great values. Terrible content. So, for once, they kind of balance each other out. Not for kids 12-, but I'm sure most kids that are 13+ will be fine.