Parents need to know that this big-screen version of the cult-classic 1970s TV show has lots of vulgar language, as well as an extended sequence in which some of the main characters are clearly stoned on a natural narcotic/hallucinogenic substance. There's also a high degree of body-function humor: At one point, a character douses himself in dinosaur urine to mask his scent, an egg is removed from a huge pile of dinosaur feces, and a character is swallowed whole and later excreted by a dinosaur.
Positive messages:There's a hint of a lesson about standing by your friends and your beliefs, but it's mostly drowned out by slapstick and jokes. There's a high degree of body-function humor: Acharacter douses himself in dinosaur urine to mask his scent, an egg isremoved from a huge pile of dinosaur feces, a character is swallowedwhole and excreted by a dinosaur, etc. Discussion of enjoying show tunes being considered "a bit gay."
Positive role models:Ferrell's character is an arrogant airhead, but he's not to be taken very seriously. Holly stands up for him when no one believes his theories.
Violence:A man is torn to bits by hungry dinosaurs, and viewers see his severed limbs. Mostly comedic violence involving lizard-men or dinosaurs; some peril, but mostly limited to comedic rampages of destruction and mild scuffling. Some blood as part of a gag involving an exotic blood-sucking insect.
Sex:Some kissing; mild lascivious language (for example, a river guide says to a young woman "You may get wet" as a fairly obvious double-entendre). Scantily clad women, as well as underwear-clad men, but the latter is primarily for comedic effect. A touchy-feely hominid primitive puts his hand on the breast of a young woman; a slightly more evolved human emulates that behavior.
Language:Extensive (yet genial) profane and rude language, including (but not limited to) "goddammit," "boobs," "damn," "bitchslap," "gay," "ass-ton," "pissed," "oh my God," "bastard," "s--tty," "p---y," a barely vocalized non-sexual use of t"f--k," "dong," "asshole," "crapballs," "dick," "Jesus,"Â "tap that ass," "son-of-a-bitch," and many more.
Consumerism:Extensive mention of brands and TV shows, including Amazon, Cialis, M&Ms, Arby's, Popeye's Chicken, Subway, Florsheim, iPod, Sandals resorts, A Chorus Line, Iron Chef, the Latin Grammys, The Today Show (including a cameo by host Matt Lauer), Mama's Family, and many more.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:A pipe is displayed but not smoked; characters drink beer and wine. Characters also appear high from the effects of the nectar of an exotic plant. A character says of a tropical jungle "I bet there's weed in there."
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We left before it ended. I was wishing I had checked this website before we went to see it, but your review doesn't do it justice. Lots of vulgar language? It was ALL vulgar. Inappropriate sexual behavior through the whole movie. The fact that this movie was made is a sad statement on the condition of society. Come on, commonsensemedia, don't water down your reviews. Tell it like it is! We trust you!
There was some sort of error on the earlier post. For the record, I would not recommend this movie for anyone under the age of 14. I am not a fan of inappropriate comedies for a variety of reasons, and would definitely not recommend this movie to younger viewers.
It's a man's comedy. It's not very funny, just sexual humor and jokes that don't really make sense. Language and sex, violence, consumerism, bad role models, mixed messages, and drug and alcohol use and we could be seeing this film again. It isn't good.
Not appropriate for 13 year olds, and bad to boot!
I found it extremely offensive. I brought my daughter and 3 of her friends, and was angry during the movie, and apologetic to their parents afterward! Words like b*tch, a**, d*ck and p*ssy (sometimes used "straight", and sometimes as a double-entendre) were not what I considered appropriate. Also, the female character was dressed in a provocative manner for no theatrical reason, and was grouped for humor, and the subject of crude humor on a number of occasions. There were visual sexual jokes as well, and while much of this went over the kids' heads, I was very surprised that, ratings-wise, this was considered acceptable for 13 year olds. Lastly, this was just a terrible movie -- bad dialog, jokes, plot, acting, etc.
It is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen! It has a lot of bad language, but it's so funny! There's a little sexual activity because there is some kissing and when they go to the fireworks store, there are inappropriate coffee mugs and lighters.
My mom luved the show when she was younger and i saw a few episodes when they were on. But this movie Was NOTHING like the show.and very INNAPROPRIAT the things people say and just it was a great show RUINED by this movie. it was Made into a comedy with many sex jokes. It was so STUPID i turned it off.
This is not for the kids!! If I could give it a half a star I would have. It is awful to start with but many of the scenes had me uncomfortable. There was talk about two male characters french kissing on a dare. The furry creature is constantly grabbing the female characters breast, ok maybe once, but they seem to think this was funny for it to happen over and over. They use bad language like p***y, and others, at the end it shows a group of scantily clad women showing a little too much bottom and breast. Please do not take your children to this movie. I was somewhat offended by the constant degrading of women, i.e: breast constantly grabbed, talk hinting about women getting wet", showing a bit much bottom and breast at the end. Although not full out revealing, more showing than they should have for how this movie was promoted. Shame on them..They made every child out there think this was a great kids movie!! Really sad!!
I was really looking foreward to watching this movie (although Will Farrell isn't my cup of tea) but I left the theater wondering how they got by with a PG rating. Even my children were embarrassed. The whole movie is one profane word or act after another. I can't believe it was marketed to children with the F word and G D, and the CONSTANT sexual actions. It promotes homosexuality, interspecies sex, self gratification, drug use, and on and on.
This was the worst movie I think I've ever seen in my 40 years. My kids are 15, 13 and 11 and it was inappropriate for all of them. I would say it was inappropriate for anyone under 18.
After reading the commonsense.org review I took my 12 year old to this movie and couldn't believe how many offensive moments you guys left out of the review! For example, once the guys get high on narcotic cactus juice they wake up in a 69 position lingered on by the camera long enough for everyone to get the joke ten times over...and still no one's laughing. The gross out humor you mention is delivered sledgehammer style so that even my twelve year old boy hated it. Truly tedious. I love Will Farrell, but this movie was definately marketed to kids and is NOT a kids movie. Other items you do not stress enough in the review is the unending foul language, sexual references and topless girls in the ending.
The sexual innuendos are outrageous. Drug use is ridiculous. Very disappointed it was advertised so heavily on nickelodeon. Totally inappropriate for tweens and younger.
Tacky humor that was not funny - Will Ferrell keeps doing the same tacky humor and in the first few movies it might have been somewhat funny - but it is now worn out. Also I watched this tv show as a kid and this movie is completely different - not even the same characters. Holly was the daughter in the tv show - the movie has her as Marshall's love interest.
I was dissapointed after seeing this Will Ferrell comedy, Buddy let me down. I'll forgive him when/if ELF 2 ever comes out. Sexual references throughout, along with references to drugs and alcohol. Swearing throughout, strong for a PG-13 comedy. Appropriate for Teens, but in my opinion, would be a waste of their time.
A really funny movie with Will Ferrell. Just a another funny comedy movie I have seen. There is a lot of inappropiate language used but no one drops the F bomb.
Crude movie with no value; inappropriate for anyone under 17 & too boring/stupid/crude for anyone older.
This is NOT the children's Land of the Lost you might think it would be, based on the old kids' tv program. It has corny potty-humor, many crude sexual references, repeated groping of the female lead's breasts and disrespectful sexual comments (male lead suggests that the woman will "get wet" at one point), 3 main characters go on some sort of drug trip with several homosexual references that occur during that "trip". It has a very thin plot and no redeeming value at all. I was mortified that I took my 8 year old son and am glad a friend told me about this website for future reference BEFORE we go to a movie!