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Family Guy: Blue Harvest

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Ribald but often hilarious satire of fantasy favorite.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 14–15

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Main characters on Family Guy are the spectacularly dysfunctional Griffins, a clan of suburban Rhode Islanders, of whom the family dog Brian has the most good sense and manners. Here, as the Griffins and their neighbors take the key roles in a joke retelling of Star Wars (Brian gets to be Chewbacca), some of their unsavory traits are muted or left out. But others are retained, and so we get the whole family (except Brian) laughing at the notion of literacy, and the neighbors Quagmire and Cleveland having promiscuous sex and smoking marijuana. And Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to be a child molester. 

  • Violence:

    "Cartoon violence" in the purest form, with spaceship explosions, shootings of characters (mostly bloodless), and a light-saber decapitation gag.

  • Sex:

    Verbal innuendo includes heavy hints that aged Obi-Wan Kenobi is a chronic child molester with an unwholesome fascination for Luke Skywalker. A light saber springing into action is metaphorical for an erection. The opening prologue of words crawling across the screen starts to digress about brother-sister incest, ultimately recommending a certain Angelina Jolie movie to the viewer for its extensive nudity and lesbian sex scenes. Declaration that C3PO has had sex with a dox-matrix printer. R2D2 says his droid sister is a "lez-bot." Male sportscasters speculate about the erotic skills of a pretty spectator. An Imperial Stormtrooper talks repeatedly about "boning" his girlfriend.

  • Language:

    God's name in vain, "holy crap," "hell," "bitch," "penis" and, in a DVD extra, George Lucas uses the BS-word. Stewie/Darth Vader does a series of borderline-swear-word excrement puns ("I Sithed in my pants").

  • Consumerism:

    Natural tie-ins to Star Wars, as well as Family Guy merchandise. References to Doctor Who, Airplane, and other, more adult-oriented movies, including the R-rated Lethal Weapon and HUGE plugs for the explicit cable-TV biopic Gia and the Cartoon Network comedy series Robot Chicken.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Social drinking, smoking in the cantina. The robots R2D2 and C3P0 smoke what seems to be a bag of marijuana, and C3P0 complains about "freaking out."

 

What Parents Need to Know

About Family Guy: Blue Harvest

Parents need to know that this cartoon satire of a fantasy favorite has some very adult-oriented humor (tending to be much more verbal than visual), with references to lesbianism, pedophilia, and drug use. The spoof of an opening LucasFilm prologue includes a hearty recommendation of a lesser-known Angelina Jolie movie for its graphic sex content. A few borderline swear words are uttered. Violence, at about the level of that in the live-action Star Wars (except it's all-cartoon) includes spaceship and planet explosions, blaster-shootings, and a few light-saber decapitations. Newcomers to the Family Guy universe might not "get" a lot of insider references and characters.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the humor on display here. Sometimes Family Guy exhibits a pretty mean spirit when it spoofs popular culture, but the tone here is generally affectionate, maybe even...respectful. Ask kids about satires like Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein or Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog; can you sense the gagster's genuine fondness for the original material? With a bit of a video search, you can put together a home mini-festival of Jedi parodies -- many created brilliantly outside the Hollywood system by low-budget amateurs, some of which gained the approval of George Lucas himself (Hardware Wars, TROOPS, George Lucas in Love, etc.)

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  1. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    PeaceOutPeoples
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    Edgy movie, but hilarious!

    I was pretty shocked to hear "F--k you!" come out of Cleveland's mouth. I also heard "Holy s--t!" during a discussion about Tyra Banks. You have the regular mild language and sexual innuendo like you usually hear in Family Guy to add to that, but other than that, it's fantastic movie that is great for any Family Guy lover, Star Wars fan or not.

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  2. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Moviefan101
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    The Family Guy Star Wars Saga Begins!!!

    Family Guy Blue Harvest is a parody of Star Wars IV A New Hope. Just like any Family Guy episode their is a lot of sexual humor and a lot of language. This is the only Family Guy i've watched and this was so funny I fell to the floor laughing for ten minutes. Stewie played the perfect Darth Vader with his one liner jokes. My favorite line from this is the following "look at this couch!! Somebody threw out a whole couch and it's in great shape. Yeah you put a little febreeze on that scrub it out a little bit and it would look great in your apartment" this is an example of a one liner that Peter Griffin (AKA Han Solo) said in this funny one hour special. Coming Soon: Family Guy Something,Something, Something Darkside

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  3. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    zackaback
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative role models

    Good Movie

    Love It

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  4. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    mr mann10
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    Amazing

    Really funny like most family guy's. A must see if you're a family guy fan/Star Wars fan or not!

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  5. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    october1985
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

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