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Friday the 13th (2009)
- Review Date: June 14, 2009
- R
- Genre: Horror
- 2009
Common Sense Media says
Horror remake isn't for anyone, let alone teens.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this slasher remake is a never-ending series of bloody, brutal, violent murders perpetrated by a mutilated sociopath. There are several explicit sex scenes, as well as scenes that mingle sexuality and violence -- like when a topless woman is knifed through the head with a machete. And as if all that weren't enough, characters swear nonstop, drink, and discuss and use drugs (particularly marijuana). The fact that all the pot-smoking characters wind up dead shouldn't be considered incisive social commentary, since those who don't partake wind up dead, too.
What's the story?
A remake and re-launch of the notorious '80s horror series, FRIDAY THE 13th takes place years after a camping accident that saw a young boy drown -- and his mother murder the counselors who failed to watch him. But the boy actually lived and now stalks the area around the camp, slaughtering any "outsiders" who stumble across his path. Which doesn't bode well for the group of spoiled vacationing kids who meet up with a man (Jared Paladecki) desperately seeking his missing sister. ... Soon the whole gang is being stalked, picked off, and killed by the murderous, masked Jason.
Is it any good?
Friday the 13th is simultaneously disgusting and tiresome. Disgusting because it relies so heavily on images of slaughtered, chopped-up human beings and cheap jolts; tiresome because it's literally more of the same, returning to a film series that's already had more than a dozen sequels and spin-offs since 1980. Sure, there's a certain sick thrill in watching Jason in those earlier films -- when the idea of the silent, masked killer as unrelenting as death itself had some novelty -- but now it's just a cynical retread of a familiar idea. Modern films like Scream mock slasher conventions while delivering them, while those like Funny Games use the horror genre to play wicked mind games. Friday the 13th just offers more of the same.
Also damaging Friday the 13th is the fierce lack of any sense of invention in the storytelling or plot -- instead, we get advances in special effects that make death-by-arrow and machete-induced throat-cutting more "lifelike." Friday the 13th spurts blood red, but it's designed to earn green money with violence, sex, and recycled plotlines. A horror film should be tough, but not cynical; Friday the 13th is weary, greedy, and contemptuous of its audience.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about the appeal of "slasher" films like the Friday the 13th series. Why are they so popular (and profitable)?
What draws us to scary, violent movies? What's the impact
of seeing so many violent acts?Why do you think these films feel the
need to equate sexuality with violence?Why would a studio remake a
film as trivial and empty as the original, anyway?
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Teen, 13 years old
April 12, 2011
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Soooooo inappropriate!! Not for kids at all! Only for adults!!!
SO violent and loaded with sex!!! Not for kids!
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Kid, 9 years old
May 3, 2011
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no kids at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my friend saw it i havent though and he said there is constant sexual conten and violence. beer and wine drinkind and loads of violence.he would recomen this to 30 and older. also there are alot of uses of f...k and s..t just to warn you parents.
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Kid, 12 years old
March 31, 2011
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gayest, plothole-ful movie
Because it almost comes up to the edge to older kids. And it also has horrific plot holes. I recommend it for ladies and gentlemen 17 and over
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Kid, 12 years old
February 15, 2009
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common sense, please understand kids these days.
I am 12 ok. It's not even scary. I am scared of a lot of stuff, but not this movie. Common sense, you overrate alot. My stepdad took me to see this. I absolutely loved it. I've already heard and seen everything in this movie.(BEFORE I WAS EVEN IN THE THEATRE)Kids today are exposed to a lot more. To the people who said parents aren't listening, PARENTS ARE. They just don't care because they KNOW that their kids are going to know most of that stuff anyways. So I really loved it. I liked it better than the first one. Kids, go and see it if you want. No one under 11 though. =]
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Teen, 14 years old
April 11, 2011
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It won't bother many teens, but it's highly inappropriate.
Violence- 10/10
Sexual Content- 10/10
Language- 10/10
Drinking, drugs, smoking- 10/10
Bad Role Models- 8/10
Overall Quality- 3.5/10
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Kid, 11 years old
June 9, 2011
AGE
Pause for all ages
I loved it! Though sexual stuff is bad, people swear nonstop, Jason kills almost like ,12 teens. A boy goes searching for his ost sister, and a girl helps him even though her friends hate him. If you do not believe I saw it, in the beggining they are looking for majorina, and 5 teens get killed brutaly and jason leaves whinny to live, in the middle, and groupd of teens come and jason start killing them, then at the end, they kill jason, throw him into a lake, but he comes back alive
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Adult
November 3, 2011
AGE
Awsome!
I love watching slasher films and it doesn't scare me at all! (im only 12) (i have pretty much seen every thing by the way)
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Parent of 13 year old
December 15, 2010
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Friday The 13th- Beyond Scary
Wow!!!!! I'm so not surprised yet another bloody, gory slasher movie with tons of profanity such as many uses of the worst words that you could ever imagine, the role models are terrible (let alone the fact they came to the camp to find weed to sell and smoke. Multiple nudity scenes such as a woman stripping at a campfire, a topless woman water boarding at a lake, and much more. the profanity is beyond"off" if their was a button that said "not in a million years" i would press that button.
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Kid, 10 years old
July 21, 2010
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B. A. D.
This is the worst movie I ever saw. Yes I have seen it. To Prove it Here is the seen where Jason got started. "Old man stops looking at playboys to hear a strange noise in the attic" etc. This is NOT a kids movie.
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Kid, 9 years old
May 9, 2010
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adults ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
This movie is so
gory and has a lot of sex and nude.
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| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Director: | Marcus Nispel |
| Cast: | Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Jared Padalecki |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Run time: | 97 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | February 13, 2009 |
| DVD release date: | June 16, 2009 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material |
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