The Pacifier

My kids (ages 7-10) and I enjoyed this movie. It was a bit unrealistic & farfetched in some parts, which can sometimes give the wrong impression to kids - eg when 2 martial art "ninjas" broke into the home when all the kids were home and Vin Diesel knocked them around over & over, with the younger daughter (maybe 9?) helping by handing him a broom to fight with. I didn't like giving kids the impression that a home break-in by thugs was "funny" or "exciting" in any way and that they should come out & help! I liked the way the kids were portrayed as somewhat typical, if a bit disrespectful; it worked for this movie bc Vin Diesel came in & insisted they follow rules no matter the kids' desires, and bc the kids finally realized he was right & he was setting those rules for their best interest. At the same time that he was a tough disciplinarian making them follow rules & do chores etc (which they obviously weren't used to) , they showed him as being compassionate & caring, spending lots of time working with the kids on things the kids cared about. I wasn't crazy about a part in the first third of the film, where they show a scene with the teenage girl's boyfriend trying to climb up to her 2nd story window -- but in context it worked out okay bc it shows him being "caught" & scared off (by Vin Diesel who thinks he is an intruder). In the last few minutes of the film there is a kissing scene, which is easy to skip past. The storyline is a bit scary bc it's all about a secret agent who is killed by people who are after software he created, and those people are still after it, putting the man's wife & children at risk. Younger kids will enjoy the fun scenes, while the scarier stuff will be above their heads; older kids may understand the scary storyline but hopefully will understand the fictional nature, plus that this was about a "secret agent" which would separate this from most kids' daily lives.

i think it was a good movie. it has action, funny parts, and its a perfect family movie. it has lots of martial arts violence and only a little realistic violence. there are two cuss words, but the cusses are mild. lots of bathroom humor. a speck of consumerisum

alot like paul blart, execpt more apporopriate. it has alot of action violence, and a man is shot once. there is a fight in the middle, but it isnt as violent as some other parts.a few girl scouts beat mean boy scouts up. one cuss word in it, and i think there is a few insults.consumiresem for costco.

Nothing good about it, I have noticed that all action heroes make a family movie, Gerard butler (Nim's island), the guy from scorpian king (game plan), Arnold Swartzenagger (kindergarden cop), and jackie chan's new family comedy has been anounced. The Arnold swarrtzenager ones are good but not the others.