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Just Married
- Review Date: May 19, 2003
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2003
Common Sense Media says
Immature and annoying; the jokes are tired.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this is a PG-13 that keeps just a millimeter away from an R. There is no nudity but there are frequent sexual references and situations, some graphic, and some raunchy, including an attempted sexual encounter in an airplane bathroom and overheard sex in the next room. The same material in a drama would have earned an R rating. Characters drink a lot, often to help themselves feel better when they are upset. A character refers to regrets about having sex with someone after drinking too much champagne. There is strong language (and much attempted humor from the name "Pussy").
What's the story?
Sarah (Brittany Murphy), the daughter of a wealthy family, wants a relationship where she won't always know what is going to happen next. Tom (Ashton Kutcher) is a community college graduate who wants to be a sportscaster but is currently the substitute late-night traffic announcer on a radio station. They met when he beans her with a football pass as she is walking her dog on the beach. A month later, they are living together, and nine months after that, they get married. Their honeymoon is one disaster after another and they argue about sex, money, and the in-laws. They hurt each other's feelings and they each worry about a past lie. Sarah never told Tom that she had sex with the guy her parents wanted her to marry. And Tom never told Sarah that he was indirectly responsible for her dog's death. Tom and Sarah have to learn to trust each other and to trust themselves.
Is it any good?
There's a reason that they call comedies like this one "sophomoric." It is because they are designed to appeal to high school sophomores who are just beginning to go out on dates. For the girls, there is a happy-ever-after love story with a wedding and it is even emphasized throughout the movie that the couple is very young, which makes it even more romantic -- if you are very young yourself. For the guys, there is that hit-on-the-head-style comedy of excruciation, with jokes on such always-reliable topics as a rich lady named Pussy, huge, electrical marital aids, body cavity searches, getting hit on the nose, getting hit on the head, and getting hit on the head again.
Murphy and Kutcher are cute together. They became a real-life couple while making this movie and their chemistry comes across on the screen. But JUST MARRIED relies too much on Murphy's twinkly laugh and Kutcher's goofy grin to cover up the tired jokes. Tom and Sarah are immature and annoying. At one point, in a crowded plane, they announce that they aren't talking to each other any more and the other passengers applaud. The audience felt the same way.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about how people in any kind of relationship, but especially any kind of family relationship, have to learn how to communicate honestly and how to cope with catastrophe without blaming each other. What clues do you see to the strengths and weaknesses of the relationship that Sarah and Tom have? They have different backgrounds and interests, but they have some very important things in common -- what are they?
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Teen, 13 years old
May 14, 2011
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Not good for tweens or young teens
Don't, don't, don't see this movie. Ashton Kutcher is cool and all, but this movie totally hurt his ego. Never see this movie, please/
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Adult
April 9, 2008
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It was a great funny movie
I thought that this movie was very funny and entertaining. Maybe not for anyone younger than 13 but for its rating of pg-13 it was great. Plus Ashton Kutcher is really hot!
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Kid, 12 years old
August 25, 2011
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Its not THat bad
This movie isn't as bad as common sense makes it out to be
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Teen, 16 years old
March 12, 2010
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Just Married :)
This movie is so funny. I watched most of it and I think that it has a good point that no matter what happens true love will make it through. Funny movie and Aston is great again.
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Kid, 12 years old
December 21, 2010
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Guilty Pleasures all the way around
This is a guilty pleasure for me. I know that I am way to young to be watching this movie. My mom had to show me it after Britney Murphy died. It was just so funny! Definitly not appropriate for my age a little above my age and absolutley below my age but, as I said, this is a guilty pleasure.
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Teen, 14 years old
November 28, 2010
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Iffy for early teens, off for tweens
Great Movie! Really weird though, and the whole first half of the movie is them attempting to have sex. There is a scene where he is attacked by a woman who throws off her shirt and bra but you only see her back. In the end though, it shows that true love conquers all.
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Teen, 15 years old
December 17, 2011
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Just married is funny
this movie was really funny not bad
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| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Directors: | Andrew Adamson, Shawn Levy |
| Cast: | Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Madeline Kahn |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 95 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | January 10, 2003 |
| DVD release date: | June 17, 2003 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | extremely crude humor and sexual situations |
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