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!
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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!
I did watch it with my 13 y-o daughter and she found it funnier than I did. For me it was a bit shallow and boring. Maybe my 10 y-o son shouldn't have seen it but he enjoyed it the most. Yes, the guy said the woman should sit on that huge vibrating glass cone but I don't think a child would understand its sexual relevance and even if they did, it is funny. Just imagine it. The woman reacts the right way to the stupid remarks of the disgusting character so I don't think it is that bad. The ending is stupid with the half-naked pre-historic women, I agree. Well, maybe our Hungarian version was somewhat more subtle than the original language, I admit...
This movie is pretty dumb and silly. But the graphics were truly impressive and Will Ferrell was a little funny. What may draw your attention to this movie is the T-rex. It actually looks like the T-rex from Jurassic Park. Some things parents should be concerned about this movie is the language, sexual innuendo, and violence that it contains. That is why I suggest that kids under 13 should not watch it!
A truely unwatchable movie. Both my 11 year old and my almost 15 year old decided to turn it off part way through and watch something else. Far too much swearing. Very inappropriate sexual references ("are you touching yourself" one man to another).
There are no redeeming features as the story line is lame and the humor all relies on sex, swearing or violance.
I think it is fine for older tweens, just be aware
Bodily function humor is present here but the film hold it’s own. Since it is a 1970’s tv show remake, it brilliantly mixes amazing animated special effects with traditional alien costumes. The slow and exaggerated movements of the evil alien character are remenisent of the old show. Although this movie has some humor involving drugs and sexuality that might be shocking, it is a popular movie for older tweens. The sexuality is mostly within the monkey character trying to communicate through enactments. The humor involving drugs is a scene where the characters drink a strange plant and become drunk, it is silly and very funny. Our family, 12 year old daughter included, loved it and we all laughed very hard. I mean if your kids are reading Twilight, you are fine.
For a cheesy, quick laugh...this would be a movie to watch. Although my youngest is 12, I would not go any younger than that with this movie. There was alot of language in this movie (the F word was mouthed once, not said aloud), and tons of sexual innuendos. The apeman kept pawing at the girls chest, coffee cups with breasts, and group of girls (from apeman tribe) with long hair barely covering their chest.
This movie is totally different than the original so don't expect to watch this movie with that in mind.