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All teen and kid reviews for Dreamcatcher
Average rating based on 6 kid and teen reviews:
- 83% say language is an issue
- 67% say violence is an issue
- 67% say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking
- 50% say sexual content is an issue
- 33% say there are positive messages
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There is nothing child-friendly about this ridiculous, insulting Stephen King adaptation
Dreamcatcher is a over budgeted, over complex mess that, after a rather promising and hopefully imaginative first twenty minutes, falls completely flat all the way through the other 114 minutes of the movie. Also, this movie is definitely not appropriate for children since there is a lot of very bloody and gory violence including constant scenes of people being bitten, eaten and gruesomely slaughtered by vicious aliens. Also, there is plenty of explicit sexual dialog and profanity throughout the movie which get's quiet crude after a while. And on top of that, a mentally challenged by is misused in nearly every way possible (you'll fully understand that statement by the end of the movie). Definitely not one of Stephen Kings best movie adaptations.
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An excellent film for Sci-Fi loving teens, but not for under 16.
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!
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Dreamcatcher
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.
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Kid, 12 years old
March 28, 2010
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good for high school students and adults
okay so the bad thing easily known is the phrase SSDD(same s--- different day)
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Dreamcatcher. More like NIGHTMARE!!!!...catcher....'n' stuff....
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.
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OK for mature tweens.
i watched it when i was 5 it didnt scare me but the aliens were pretty freaky haha just watch it beforehand to make sure
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