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Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side
- Review Date: December 27, 2009
- NR
- Genre: Comedy
- 2009
Common Sense Media says
Sometimes funny but crude Empire Strikes Back parody.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this parody of The Empire Strikes Back done by the characters from the Family Guy contains the same level of crude humor and foul language as the Fox TV show. The cartoon is packed full with sexual jokes and references to race and homosexuality played for humor, which sometimes feel uncomfortably harsh. Cursing abounds, with the f-word in regular use.
What's the story?
This sequel to Blue Harvest, the parody of Star Wars by the Family Guy crew, retells The Empire Strikes Back. Darth Vader (played by Stewie) hunts Luke Skywalker (played by Chris), who has gone off on his own to learn from Yoda how to be a Jedi. Meanwhile Han Solo (Peter) and Princess Leia (Lois) try to sort things out in the galaxy and end up saving Luke after his encounter with Darth Vader. Throughout the Empire storyline, the Family Guy characters interject near-constant pop culture references, including brief scenes from Rocky IV and Magnum P.I., and poke slight fun at the original film.
Is it any good?
This movie veers from hilarious to stupid and back again in milliseconds. The pop culture references are often very funny, though they sometimes distract from the story itself. Though the filmmakers clearly had fun finding silly ways to retell the Empire story, they take a light hand in making fun of the original's earnestness. The Family Guy series in general is often brave in tackling subjects many would deem off limits, but the result is often more harsh than clever and the intention seems more to shock than to critique.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about over-the-top humor. What is funny in this movie because it seems extreme, and what is disturbing for the same reason? Where do you draw the line with this type of humor?
Families can also talk about parodies. What are your favorites? When do parodies miss the mark?
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Only so-so
so-so, raunchy for 14+ It has some pretty strong language "f--k" "s--t" and "d--k" it parody's the Episode V of Star wars, there is some social drinking, It is Iffy for 14+ the violence is also pretty harmless, but some kids may not understand the humor of the show, It was fair, it could never beat Blue Harvest though, My Rating R: for language, because it said fu-k 4 times,
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funny funny funny darkside
another funny parody of star wars. love family guy. i saw this wen i was 12 and my frends saw it at 10 and 11. depends what you r allowed to see.
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Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Not bad at all. I'm no fan of family guy, but this is an improvment. Had a lot of funny parts. The humor is crude, but hey, its family guy. I say this movie is ok for ages 10+.
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IFFY 15+
LANGUAGE: 4 F-words, 2 S-words, 3 "d-ck"s used to mean "penis"
SEX: Extremely crude/sexual humor. In the scene where Luke (Chris) gets his new hand, he asks, "So, is thing thing good to go?" and the medical droid answers, "Yeah, but practice on a hot dog first, otherwise you might rip your d-ck off."
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Funnier than the TV Show!
A very funny movie. But too much cussing. It's even better with Stewie as Darth Vader. He should be called Baby Vader who is very strong.
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Perfect family guy Sequel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side is the perfect sequel to blue harvest. This Sequel is even funnier than the first. The plot line follows luke(Chris Griffin)on his pursuit to learn the ways to force. Han solo (Peter Griffin),Princess Leia (Lois Griffin), and Chewbacca (Brian Griffin)helps our hero try to destroy Darth Vader(Stewie Griffin). Some new characters that are introduced are Yoda (Carl), Boba Fett (Giant Chicken), Emperor (Carter Pewterschmidt), Lando (Mort Goldman).
This Sequel is so funny it will make you ROTFLOL(Rolling on the floor laughing out loud)
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IT's not that bad
it's not really that bad they only say the f word once so if your ok with your kids wacthing the series then the movie should be fine for them too see
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| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Director: | Dominic Polcino |
| Cast: | Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Seth MacFarlane |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 54 minutes |
| DVD release date: | December 22, 2009 |
| MPAA rating: | NR |
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