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All teen and kid reviews for Little Manhattan

Age
8
Average rating based on 25 kid and teen reviews:
  • 36% say there are positive messages
  • 36% say language is an issue
Kid, 12 years old
December 31, 2009
 
Ok
If you hate it when people throw up, ont watch this movie......I learned that the hard way!

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Excellent
I think this movie is GREAT! Its funny and romantic. The actors do a good job in this movie and it has a great message. I dont have a problem with the rating for this movie, cause it does have some language and other things that arent so appropriate, so PG is fine with me. I didnt have a problem with this movie at all and I love the message it sends to the audience: Love comes in all ages.

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Kid, 13 years old
April 6, 2009
 
Touching. :)
So great! It was touching, funny- but a lot of violence. I loved it so much! It was about a young relationship of love and it was just so cute, but be aware that there is a lot of kissing (because it replays, and replays and replays and etc.). And violence, that is not appropriate. (karate).

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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
 
WOW.... I love this movie a little too much!!
so... this movie is a little inappropriate... but it is such a good and true move... love stinks is pretty much what the message is saying.. a beauitful movie representing a new york love story.. The casting had to be the best... JOSH HUTCHERSON... CHARLIE RAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kid, 12 years old
September 2, 2011
 
Little Manhattan
It is a good movie overall, but there is some kissing, and swear refrence wich is normal for middle school kids

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Kid, 11 years old
August 20, 2010
 
Puppy love perfect for any age 5+
I love this movie soo much I first saw it when I was six. I thought the puppy love was so funny and cute. It was very realistic and actually kinda mature. The only thing that creeped me out was this old man told Gabe to run away from Rosemary.

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Kid, 11 years old
March 20, 2011
 
best movie ever
this is my favorite movie ever i rated it 8 and higher beacause thats the age you grow up in in this movie is a perfect example

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Teen, 16 years old
October 4, 2009
 
Very cute
First love is a big thing... especially when you're 10 years old.

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Kid, 10 years old
June 16, 2011
 
jaevy truth
this is a awesome movie i recomend it for preteens (9-11)

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Kid, 13 years old
January 1, 2009
 
FAVORITE!
Sad, touching, sweet and loving. NO SEX, NO VIOLENCE! It's the perfect movie! 9+!!!!!!!!!!

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Teen, 15 years old
April 23, 2011
 
Perfect for young tweens, but not for younger kids.
I really liked this movie. I watched it with my younger sister and it had some karate violence a mild kiss between Gabe and Rosemary. And his parents kiss. But.. The mild sexual theme and violence aren't really that bad. One thing that got me was that an 11-year-old boy said "what the h*ll". I didnt really like that. But hey, compared to the movies and music your kids listen to today, this is nothing. It is a harmless coming of age story that should be okay for kids.

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Kid, 12 years old
July 7, 2011
 
10 year old gentlemen
I like this because a young boy cares about a girl

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Teen, 17 years old
June 23, 2011
 
fun, different movie
*spoliers* Kinda sad ending with him and Rosemary (and the elevator guy, I mean seriously...lol). But it was cute how his parents got back together.

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Kid, 11 years old
July 3, 2011
 
Great Movie!!!!
It is a very good movie about kids first love. Positive messages surround the movie. And lots of laughs. My mom just adored it.

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Kid, 9 years old
December 28, 2011
 
get some bacon and watch the show

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Kid, 11 years old
May 4, 2012
 
A cute, heartwarming story.
Little Manhattan is a classic. Of course it got a little gross when Gabe (Josh Hutcherson) vomits. The movie talks about puppy love and your first crush, which is sweet but apparently in this movie its gross. This movie is such a sweet and heartwarming story about a little boy (Gabe) and his first love Rosemary. Rosemary was beautiful and Gabe was cute as always. The movie is one of the sweetest movies, well minus the vomiting part. so i recommend it. Thank You for reading and remember to stand grand!!!

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Teen, 14 years old
March 3, 2012
 
Cut out the first vomiting part, and an excellent, instant classic.
Very good movie overall, love the casting(Josh Hutcherson and Charlie Ray), love the genre, and the voice-over is very honest and actually SEEMS like a 10-year old is saying it. Sweet, funny, cute, appropriate. Caution, people who are scared or disgusted by vomit(such as me, I got a bit scarred), in the beginning when the kid says SHE TOUCHED MEEEEE!!!!!!, close your eyes, cover your ears for a long time. He throws up on the class. ON CLASSMATES=GRAPHIC! I'm an emetophobe, and my stomach hurts just thinking of that scene. But otherwise, incredible movie. Oh, and they DO say hell, and they mention Gatorade(heh, he got scared of being rejected), kissing, lots of kissing, like a couple making out in the subway.

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Kid, 11 years old
May 5, 2012
 
no thanks....
the movie little manhattan is like any other tween love scene. it features a kid in love and him doing ridicoulus stuff for a girl

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Kid, 9 years old
September 24, 2011
 
Good movie
Good movie. a tiny bit of cartoon violence, sexual content. Any four year old should be able to handle it

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Teen, 18 years old
January 8, 2009
 
Shows the bad parts of a first love.
I remember seeing this on an "extra scoop" segment on hbo and it looked interesting enough. I finally rented it when it came out. The story is about a boy named Gabe. Its about his firs love crush on a girl whose like taller and older than him. They are really good friends and the only reson that Gabe joins karate is to be with her. It basically goes ok untill a new kid joins the class named Tim Staples and Gabe thinks he is making a move on Rosemarey. He tries to impress her by attempting to earn his yellow belt and ends up breaking his arm on the board. He crys and basically embareses himself. Later at home, rosemary calls to check on him and it turns into him asking her about tim and making fun of her and he says those three unthinkable words: "I hate you" after the phone call, he crys some more and is comforted by his mom who is in a divorce. So his life is basically ruined untill he finall acepts it and moves on. He finally sees his chance by going to the wedding where rosemary is the flowergirl and apolagizes for what he says and tells her that he loves her and she is shocked and says she is not ready for that so in the end he doesnt win her especially since SHE IS GOING TO CAMP AND THEN TO BOARDING SCHOOL and wont see him again. He finaly just lives with it. Just a complete waste of time if you ask me and I wish I would have realized it sooner.

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