Don't let your teen daughter trick you into this one!
As a 35 y/o woman (who happens to really like Patrick Dempsey!) I thought this was a typically funny chick flick. As a mom of a 13 y/o who wanted to see it on her b'day w/friends - NO WAY! Yes the kids may know about sex at early teen years, but why feed it to them? I do not condone premarital sex - especially when there's plenty of it! No, you don't see it (well, sort of) but you know what's going on in his life. Been awhile since seeing it, but I'm sure there were definitive moments. Girls are growing up too fast, and its because we parents/adults are allowing them to. Hollywood won't raise my child. I will.
The sexual overtones of this movie were appauling to me. Great adult film, but when sex toys are introduced in a PG-13 movie, I have to wonder who they are catering to really. I took an 18 year old to see this, and I was embarassed to say the least.
Completely enjoyed the film. We were looking for light-hearted comedy and this film delivered. Yes, Dempsey's character is a complete pig. I gathered that was the point. His character changes and the ending was enjoyable. The supporting cast was fun to watch, also. The scenes shot in Scotland were excellent. Good chemistry all around.
Tom doesn't seem like a good character to me. It's interesting how a male character is described as a lovable womanizer, and if a female character acted the same way, she would likely be criticized as a tramp...Lots of swearing and sex in this movie. The N word is heard like 10 times in a song. Not my choice of movie.
A waste of time and money and what a disappointment. I took my 13 year old daughters and their friends and was tempted to walk out so many times because of the vulgarity and crudity. I wish I would have!
Took two fifth graders and should have walked out much sooner !
This was much more explicit than Hairspray or Sydney
White, which also were rated PG-13 by Common Sense. After reading the review I expected it to be
about that level of "iffy".... Ok for some 11 year olds, but not others. What the review should have included in the "parents should know" section:
There are a lot of bedroom scenes and even though
there is not a lot of graphic behavior there is a lot more going on than in a movie like Hairspray, and the movie spends a lot of time on this theme. In Hairspray a lot of the innuendo gets caught by adults and missed by tweens...This is much more
explicit language and more often. I had a gut feeling to walk out after about ten minutes, but kept thinking it couldn't get worse. It did. We
were discussing leaving after the wedding shower
entertainment turned out to be a woman with sex
toys but before we had a chance the main character
was shown in lingerie with a whip and that's when
I said, We are outta here" and apologized to both
girls that the review had been misleading.
If you have anyone under the age of 17, know that there are scenes of not only inuendo, but outright inappropriate activity and views of very "Adult" topics for PG-13. If you do not expect to see a bridal shower where adult toys are discussed and shown, other men are commenting on anothers endowment, and you do not want your minor children to be exposed to sexual topics not appropriate to their age, then stay away from this movie.
Not a love story - too much crude/inappropriate sexual humor
Another example of a movie that is a waste of time and money as well as a movie that appears to be innocent on the outside with a love story setting, but is actually not a love story. It is focused more on crude sexual humor. A real man would not take a lady to this movie. Too bad a lot of movies like this one can't feature an actor that actually is respectful and knows how to treat a woman.
I would not recommend this movie for children, but for reasonable and mature women who go to movies to be entertained rather than to develop their value system -- I think it's a winner. Predictable?...yes, but even moreso a good laugh. I am a Christian and although I would not emmulate the choices made by characters in the movie, that didn't keep me from laughing. I enjoyed it and will see it again with a friend who was disappointed to miss it. Lots to
chuckle over even after the film ended. A good source for some great conversations.