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Snakes on a Plane
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Common Sense says
Bloody B-movie spoof isn't for kids.
updated 10.23.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 16–18
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Snakes on a Plane was written by Cynthia Fuchs
Parents need to know that the film isn't for kids. It features frequent jump scenes, with snakes falling or darting out of compartments or from under the camera frame. On-screen or implied deaths are frequent and bloody (man killed with baseball bat, shoot-out leaves bodies, many characters bitten by venomous snakes, producing swelling wounds and visible blood). A couple has sex in the bathroom (and also disable the smoke detector so they can smoke a joint), and are immediately killed by snakes. Infant and children are threatened by snakes; a little boy is bitten, producing gross wound from which a woman sucks the poison (leading to crude comment from observer, who also wants her to suck his hand). Characters chop and smash snakes. Characters use frequent bad language, especially "motherf----r."
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- Families can talk about the fear that planes generate. Why are snakes scary (and how are they exaggerated here to seem slithery, cold-eyed creatures)?
- How does the film use clichés and stereotypes (the fat Asian woman, the selfish black rapper, the gay-seeming flight attendant, the noble female flight attendant, etc.)? Are they funny or offensive?
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What’s the Story?
Hawaii vacationer Sean (Nathan Philips) witnesses a drug kingpin (Byron Lawson) murdering his legal prosecutor. Instantly targeted for death himself, Sean is rescued by federal agent Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson), who arranges to escort him back to the States to testify. Within minutes, snakes that have been smuggled on board the plane are awakened and let loose.
Is It Any Good?
True to its title, SNAKES ON A PLANE doesn't offer much beyond this basic plot point. The chaos is episodic and ridiculous, producing lots of swollen, bloodied bodies as well as stiffly delivered bad dialogue. Flynn and the sensible flight attendant Claire (Julianna Margulies) are plainly the couple-to-be, and they valiantly fight off the menace posed by the snakes and the mostly idiotic (that is, set up to die) passengers. They are helped in their efforts by the many-times-bitten copilot Rick (David Koechner) and rapper Three Gs (Flex Alexander)'s video game fanatic bodyguard Troy (Kenan Thompson) (you can guess what role he'll play by film's end).
As kooky and deliberately "bad" as Snakes tries to be, it's mostly just unimaginative. The main action is more repetitive than clever (snakes slide and bite, victims clutch wounds and gasp). For a movie that seems aware of its predecessors, you'd expect more intelligence concerning what made those B-movies so much fun. Their cheesiness was not arrogant or presumptive; it was strange, shrewd, and unexpected.
Movie Details
Studio: New Line, Director: David R. Ellis
Run time: 105 minutes
Theatrical release: 8/18/2006, DVD release: 1/2/2007
MPAA Rating: R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence
Run time: 105 minutes
Theatrical release: 8/18/2006, DVD release: 1/2/2007
MPAA Rating: R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Awesome movie fun 4 da whole fam
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
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- Good role models
Great Movie! Okay for teens ages 14+
This movie is awesome! But unfourtunately it was spoiled due to frequent use of the F-word and a sexual scene in the bathroom but however Samuel L Jackson's Character is a very good positive role model (despite his frequent use of curse words including a** the F-word and SOB). some drugs are mentioned also like for example Xanax and some other drugs and one pretty upsetting involves an adorable little dog (possibly Pug-chihuahua mix) is thrown to a large Burmese Python so therefore I say this movie is age appropriate for kids ages 14+.
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I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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best snake movie ever
great movie, lots of snakes,f word used frequently, sexual content is strong
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I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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BAD MOVIE
THIS MOVIE IS OK SAMUL l JACKSON SAY A BAD WORD.LIKE I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHER ******* SNAKES ON THIS MOTHER ******* PLANE EVERYBODY STRAP IN WHERE ABOUT TO OPEN SOME ******* WINDOES OR SOMETHING!
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Pretty stupid~
Very few parts of it were actually funny, it was mostly just stupid. It really wasn't entertaining in any other way either. :/ A lot of violence, sex, and language so it's not appropriate for young kids, but I wouldn't recommend anyone bother watching this anyways.
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