Here we go! A groovy, funny, goodhearted musical that the whole family will love. Also the film supplies a great story, great morals, and great musical numbers.
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).
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! :)
Good movie, MILD smoking in one or two scenes, one bum drinks it up in a bar. Language: well, the worst is probably whore, negro, lawn jockey, devils child and weight insults. Sex:
Mrs Von tussle throws herself on Mr. Turnblad (If it was not for this i'd say 13 and up). As well as some mild sexual outfits, dances and lyrics or lines.
One of my favorite movies ever! This movie had amazing songs and a great message about not judging people on what they look like (race, fat, not pretty).