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Shanghai Noon
- Review Date: May 4, 2003
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2000
Common Sense Media says
Engaging Jackie Chan movie for older teens and up.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has some bad language, potty humor, scenes in a brothel, and drinking and drug use (portrayed humorously, including a prolonged drinking game and a drunken horse). The racism of the era is touched on. Chong is thrown out of a bar and he is very hurt when he overhears Roy agree with an anti-Chinese comment. The prostitutes are portrayed stereotypically, but the leading women in the movie are brave, smart, capable, and loyal.
What's the story?
Jackie Chan has his best American movie role so far as Chon Wang, an imperial guard sent from China's Forbidden City to Colorado's Carson City to rescue a kidnapped Princess (Lucy Liu) in the old West of 1881. Along the way he meets Roy (Owen Wilson) a smooth-talking robber and con man, and they have various adventures that provide many opportunities for humor and many, many opportunities for fight scenes that show off Chan's trademark fast, flashy, and funny footwork.
Is it any good?
In classic buddy movie fashion, Roy and Chon begin as antagonists, and it takes them a while (and Roy's finding out that there is gold involved) to figure out that they are on the same side. Chan and Wilson have a nice rapport and Wilson's easy-going surfer style works very well with Chan's more reserved approach.
Liu is elegant and beautiful at home in the palace, spirited and honorable when she finds out that she has been kidnapped and that Chinese people are being used for slave labor. And of course the fight scenes are sensational, as Chan uses anything he can get his hands and feet on to help him vanquish all the bad guys.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about how Roy and Chong learn to trust each other and work together, how Chong uses quick thinking (and a good knowledge of basic physics) to use whatever he can find to help him fight the bad guys, and how people from many different cultures reacted to life in America.
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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
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Fun!
A really entertaining action/comedy!
And don't listen to CSM on this one, it's okay for kids under 15. I saw it when I was 10, and it wasn't too inappropriate for me at that age.
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Parent of 16 year old
July 15, 2010
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A classic buddy story with a very, very funny script.
Ok, including the silly Wild West brothel/saloon stuff, this movie is straight out of a bored school-boy's daydreams. But there's enough here to keep a mom laughing too, especially Owen Wilson's dead-on comic timing and Jackie Chan's weird ability to be a Kung Fu Master and a big goofball at the same time. Let's face it, there's nothing funnier than a sensitive train robber. The combination of Kung Fu action and a really nice "do the right thing" story make this a favorite.
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Kid, 12 years old
February 14, 2010
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Good movie
I love shanghai noon it's funny and action packed.
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Teen, 13 years old
August 31, 2009
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awsomely funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think pretty much most ten year olds could handle it. so ya the language is pretty bad but it could get much worse and ( for instance in coming to america). the violence is mostly kunfu by jackie and it is all pretty much comedy. and the sex is mosty just women dressed in skimpy outfits. so this movie is like one of my favorites right now, even i saw it like three years ago
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Teen, 13 years old
September 18, 2010
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teens
Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan?? *thumbs up* especially Owen Wilson!
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Adult
November 4, 2009
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Very funny, but not really a 'family friendly' movie.
Absolutely hilarious movie!! I loved it, though with some inappropriate themes and scenes in it, I wouldn't recommend it for kids under about 14.
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Adult
April 9, 2008
AGE
Great Jackie Chan fun
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson made a great team for this one. Thoroughly enjoyable romp in the Old West.
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Teen, 13 years old
February 10, 2010
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Good Movie
Love the movie wish more were like this.
(=^-^=)
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Teen, 14 years old
February 8, 2011
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Hilarious!
Ah, I love this movie! It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen! It was completely underrated in my opinion. I think it should've gotten much better ratings than it did. It can be crude at times, so for the sensitive people, if you plan on watching it, be prepared.
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Kid, 12 years old
April 9, 2008
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pretty good
This is a good action movie. Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan make a great team. There is not a lot of sex or language in it. I say 12+
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| Studio: | Touchstone Pictures |
| Director: | Tom Dey |
| Cast: | Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 110 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | May 19, 2000 |
| DVD release date: | October 10, 2000 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | language, violence, sexual references and drug use |
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