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Little Nicky

(2000, Rated PG-13, Comedy, Starring Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Adam Sandler)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    This is no Wedding Singer.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 15–16

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Mildly homophobic humor
  • Violence:

    Comic violence, including body parts falling off
  • Sex:

    Sexual humor, including transvestite, S&M, voyeur, dog sex, etc.
  • Language:

    Very strong language for a PG-13
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters drink and eat a cake with marijuana, joke about lowering the drinking age to 10
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Little Nicky

Parents need to know that this movie is right up at the R edge of PG-13, with one use of "f--k" and a lot of other strong language and sexual references. One of Satan's daily tasks is to punish a French-maid's-uniform-clad Hitler by inserting a pineapple into his rear end. Satan punishes another character by making realistic-looking breasts grow out of his head, and in subsequent scenes they get fondled by other characters. A character is a weird transvestite who pours hot wax on his chest and plays with his nipples. A voyeur gets sent to hell. A character eats a marijuana-laced cake. The devils lower the drinking age to 10, and we see drunken children coming out of a bar (and puking). They also change New York's tourism slogan to "I love hookers." And there are some jokes that can be interpreted as homophobic.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the idea of a "balance between good and evil." Is there a balance? Why? They may also want to talk about their own ideas about heaven and hell.

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 4.0

    Ehhhh no prob.

    Ehhh at 12 and 13 you hear the same things in school as you do in this movie, so its really no problem

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    A comedy. And a good one too!

    Little Nicky is a film about one of the devils sons coming to Earth to bring back his two brothers to Hell and save his father from de-materialising. This film has some iffy moments that parents should be aware of, e.g Nicky says the F word and there are a wide variety of S word uses throughout the film, there is a bit of violence, but nothing that bad. Characters eat a cake filled with Marawana and some of the characters drink. Also, Nicky and the other characters are not generally nice to each other, the only two characters that are nice to each other throughout the film are Nicky and his Dad.

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 4.0

    Hillarous

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Michigan
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Illinois
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Adam Sandler

    Adam Sandler always releases a good movie. This may be his worst movie but it is still a great movie. I don't think you should let your 5 year olds watch it though.

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