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Sweet family film is fine for kids 9+
Sexual Content (Not an Issue): A commercial starts out with "Are you a big boy with a big appetite?" said sultrily. Mullet Fingers is seen shirtless and Dana is shown in his underwear only. Beatrice runs away to Roy's house, where he lets her spend the night (but they don't do anything sexual).
Violence (Pause): Roy is hit in the head with a golf ball two times. Dana bullies Roy by shoving his face into a bus window and gagging him (with Roy punching him for doing so, and we later see a large welt on Dana). Mullet Fingers is attacked by a dog, and we briefly see his bloody wound. Mullet Fingers has a construction worker tied up and gagged after he tries to kill the owls.
Language (Not an Issue): None other than a few uses of "Oh my God". However, we do see Mullet Finger's mouth say "D**n", but the audio says "dang" instead.
Social Behavior (Pause): Characters lie, steal, pick on and bully others, and engage in illegal activities.
Commercialism (Not an Issue): None.
Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco (Not an Issue): Some adults have drinks that may or may not be alcoholic.
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This was quite an odd film, I do say. A whole entire movie about saving owls?! Give me a break. Even I, a 78 year old woman cannot handle that. Also, it is quite innapropriate an bloddy, and the sexual content is horrid! Ugh, my 12 year old wanted to see this, but I made him watch "March of the Penguins" instead. I believe that was more enjoyable. Please stay away from this movie. You will cry.
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Buy the Book!
This followed closely to the book, but like most others...the book is much better (although there is cursing and a "mooning" incident in the book). The characters were believable, but the performances of the Luke Wilson, and Tim Blake Nelson seemed very wooden. I liked the movie, but would have liked to see it a bit longer, with more character development.
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Two wrongs don't make a right
I had to have a talk with my 5 and 7-year old after this movie.
Besides the fact that the movie itself was not that well executed, my main problem with it involved the "moral" of the story. The main characters engage in vandalism, theft and even kidnapping in the name of good.
But they never even try going through the proper channels to achieve what they want. They could have put up flyers around town explaining the situation to the people, talked to the Mayor, called the corporate headquarters, organized a boycott if necessary, etc. But instead we are supposed to excuse all the law breaking because the "cause was just" and the bad guys were unlikable buffoons. I'm all for protecting wildlife, but this film sends the wrong message in my book.
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I disagree withthe Commonsense one liner!
"Sweet, clumsy family film about saving owls" was the quote.
The film showed children that there is more to life that stardom, money or position. Sometimes you just have to stand up for what is right.
We do not call documentaries that are about saving wildlife clumsy so why should we here.
I feel the producers did an excellent job of making an entertaining movie while leaving children as well as adults with something to think about!
The only negative was the methods the children used. The producers should have chastised as well as complimented and given the audience alternatives.
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