There's just a few iffy things, but it was awesome!
I just watched this today and it was a pretty funny movie. I really liked it and thought it had a great message. The swearing was kept to a nice minimum, but there were a few sexual things that weren't appropriate for younger audiences. No nudity at all, just lots of making out in two 2-minute scenes, and a reference to the main character "making love like a sea lion" with a woman on the Virgin Islands (ironic, isn't it?). Also, there are a few suicidal scenes that might disturb younger viewers, such as when he drives a car off a cliff (he isn't seen, just the car), jumps off a building (we don't see him hit the ground, but we see his pale face in a morgue), and electrocutes himself (the scene cuts as he grabs the toaster to the hotel's electricity going out in the diner).
I love this movie as an adult and my 11-year-old daughter thought it was funny and taught a good lesson about treating people the way you want to be treated, instead of using them for your own selfish purposes.
This is a great movie. It is well-written, well-acted, and very positive and moving. It boasts positive messages about love and redemption, to boot. Sex is really the only issue in the movie (outside of some mild, comic suicide attempts by Murray's character). He seduces women, and manipulates one woman for sex with knowledge from her past. You see them tumbling and kissing passionately on the bed in one scene, but nothing explicit is shown. Also, some men are seen to be drunk.
This is a very good movie. Bill Murry is at his best here. A good movie to sit back and relax and have a good time with lots of laughs. I think that younger teens will love this movie and so will adults. The only thing to look out for is some cuss words (not bad though) and some suicide experiments. But other than that awesome movie that you can watch over and over.
very clever and funny; some of the references will go over kids' heads; positive message that it is possible to learn to be a better person and that true happiness comes from that. That kind of message can be super sappy but not with this movie!
I don't gush to often when it comes to movies, but this is an exception. I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! I could see it over and over without getting tired of it. I saw this for the first time when I was 9, and have adored it ever since. The sexual behavior and violence (Phil tries to commit suicide many ways), are iffy for under ten, but other than that, it's perfectly fine. The message is good, (Phil learns to be a good person by the end), and Rita with her always-optimistic but strong personality, is a great role model for girls.
Cute Bill Murray film that's just as iffy as Scrooged. There is two scenes of mushiness, but Phil is a good person who makes it his job to help people. It includes suicide, though.
i jsut recently saw this for the first time and i loved it, i think it should be rated pg! sure he does seduce women, and says he loves them when he doesn't mean it and only wants a one night stand, but its nothing you won't see in most movies, and he learns to care about other people. i thought it was great.