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All member reviews for Harry and the Hendersons

J9800
parent of 6 and 11 year old
 
Foul language out weighs viewing for younger children
The foul language seem superfluous and added nothing but distraction to our kids. I'm surprised the movie did not have a PG-13 rating.

slovesdogs2000
kid, 11 years old
 
hmm
good movie.

Zaphod42
kid, 12 years old
 
Pretty Good Movie
I liked this movie. My sister and dad like it a lot, too. We have watched it about 5 times, and I think I will watch it again.

musicfan789
teen, 14 years old
 
amusing but bad language
i thought this movie was funny but there is cussing all thru this movie and i think no one under 10 should watch it

 
A cute story - marred by a number of curse words I was unhappy to have my children ages 7 and 10, introduced to including b***ard, hell, sh*t , a**hole, dam it. THese words did not just appear once, but repeatedly - not sure why they needed this

samartin66
parent of 8 and 10 year old
 
Very funny. My kids enjoyed it but the language is unnecessary. This movie was made before PG-13 and just because the language it would have fallen into that category.

brandonneo6425
kid, 13 years old
 
wee
Looks cool some swearing though

scoutdog
parent of 7 year old
 
Bad language not for kids under 10.
bad Language is one of the things I try to avoid having my boys exposed to. My boys are 9, 8, & 5

 
BAD language - overhwhelms a funny/.lovely story
A story with a nice message - but the language was appalling and totally unnecessary - my 7 and 10 year olds had not heard all those words before - it was very uncomfortable -wish I had checked here first before putting it on at home

 
Hysterical! Should be a classic favorite!
Our family enjoyed this older movie. It was well done, a nice balance between reality and comical, unlikely situations. It was fun to imagine what it would be like to have someone like Harry at our house. I only had one objection, and that was the occasional swearing. For younger kids (5 through 7 maybe), this movie is okay if parents watch it with them and explain what's going on (and isn't that what PG means?). It might be a little scary or confusing at times otherwise.

Mattmchugh
parent of 8 and 10 year old
 
An OK family movie, with a fantastic movie creature
A few four-letter words -- sh*t being the most common -- but nothing over the top. A slightly odd vibe with regard to gun culture. The father is a hunter and teaches his young son to shoot a rabbit (happens off camera, though you see them with the dead rabbit) . And the villain is a hunter, yet by the end, everyone's all reconciled in a big vegan group hug... philosophically and all but literally. It's a little odd. But most of the movie's a lot of light-hearted slapstick with gooey touches of sitcom sentimentality. The cast is fine. John Lithgow plays a bug-eyed, befuddled dad with the best of 'em, and Melinda Dillion is the sweetest, long-suffering movie mom you could want. Though, of course, the real star is Harry. A seven-foot actor in a fur suit with an astoundingly expressive animatronic ape-man mask. He's a marvelous, old-school bit of movie magic from make up genius Rick Baker. Today, they'd do him as CGI and he wouldn't be half as good. So, all in all, only an OK family movie, but definitely worth seeing as a piece of cinematic history in its own right. - mm