Maverick
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Is it age appropriate?
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Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
'90s Western offers a few laughs and so-so adventure.
Why We Rated This
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Maverick
Parents need to know that this movie's sole purpose is to be entertaining. It's filled with old-time Western action, but it's played for fun here. There are lots of fistfights, shootings, steely-eyed bad guys, coiled hissing snakes, and even a literal "cliffhanger" (one character hangs over a steep gorge for what seems like forever). Occasionally someone dies, but the object here is to keep real violence to a minimum and overstate the battles for humorous effect. There are sexual innuendos, some passionate kissing, a bare chest (male) and a bare shoulder (female), and some cigar smoking. The Native Americans wear war paint, howl, and shake their fists at the sky, but it's delivered to parody the stereotypes that show up in other Westerns.
Read our full review by Renee Schonfeld
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how this movie is a different type of Western. What are some of the things that show us that this isn't an actual portrayal of the Old West, but a humorous and fond look backwards?
- What does the movie say about appearance versus reality? Which people pretend to be one thing but are really something else? Which people have surprising secrets?
- What do you think the filmmakers are hoping you'll understand about movie stereotyping?

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