Here is my review for this movie Violence: **Cops push segragators at a rally and march, and in anger, Penny's mom ties her to her bed. Sex:**** One of the main plot lines is about a crush and some of the song lyrics are iffy. For example, the antagonist's mom sings that she "screwed the judges" when she competed for the Miss Baltimore crown. A few kisses. One implied flasher. Language:*** minor to iffy language. Example, when he stands up for Tracey, Link tells a teacher to kiss his a**. Dinking:** people smoke and drink

Oh my goodness. Hairspray. Where do I begin? I strongly dislike this movie for multiple reasons. For one thing, the songs are just bad. They're all super corny and kind of make me cringe when I listen to them. That's not to say I don't like musicals, I very much like musicals. I'm in 2 musicals right now. My favorite things to do are singing and acting. I just don't like "Hairspray." Another thing I don't like about this is that they made it tamer than the original. There was absolutely no reason to change anything about the original movie. The original movie was extremely tame compared to other movies by John Waters. Another problem I have with this is when I'm watching it, it doesn't feel like a John Waters movie. I'm a huge John Waters fan, and I feel like they took all of his quirky style out of the story. This feels like just any other boring old movie, whereas in the original, it felt unique. If you want to see "Hairspray," you should definitely watch the original one directed by John Waters. HOWEVER, there was one thing I did like about this movie: John Travolta. But John Travolta doesn't beat Divine (the original Edna Turnblad).

I just watched this with my 7-year-old daughter. She says "It was very very good. The music was great. I loved her dance and that she beat the villain." I wasn't sure this was for little kids, and we watched it together. The part about the civil rights movement was strong stuff, and kind of hard for a child to grasp. But it is important, and a good opportunity to discuss it. The language was mostly fine, words like d**n and a**, but I did have to explain why "Negro" isn't appropriate language today and why it was correct to use it in the movie. There were teens smoking in the bathroom, but again, she knows smoking isn't a good idea. At one point, Pfeiffer's character tries to break up the heroine's parents' marriage, which is not a kid-friendly scene, even if it isn't very graphic. There are some suggestive moments but mostly it is kissing or confined to dance moves. There are police portrayed as bad guys obstructing constitutional rights, but since that is historically accurate I didn't mind it. On the whole, though, it is a lovely, upbeat movie about courage and dancing.

Hairspray is a fine movie for kids 11+. Tracy is a great role model - she keeps going even thought people are always calling her names and such, and she does what she loves even though most people think she can't. I had a little problem with the sexuality in this movie - in one scene ( while they are singing ) they mention a "flasher" and this guy opens up his jacket ( he has his back to us ) and women scream. There are a few kisses, but nothing to intense. Thanks for reading! :)

The music is good and it is pretty funny but there is racism in it

Much better than the original. I enjoyed this one so much more than the original. NICE JOB!!!! :D

funny and sexy

Good movie, good message nothing wrong with the movie, maybe 1 or 2 curse words but thats it!