Excellent excellent excellent movie for teens and mature tweens!!! Must watch this movie!
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Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Toys come to life in big, boomy explosion fest.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Transformers
Parents need to know that even though the myriad tie-in toys are being marketed to kids as young as 2, this explosion-heavy action movie based on the '80s cartoon and action figures is not for young children ... no matter how "cool" they think the robots/cars are. It's packed with scenes of loud, hectic combat (including gunfire), destruction, and flying missiles and bodies. Plus, it's long (144 minutes, the last 20 or so of which are devoted to a big fight scene), the characters swear ("bitch," "s--t," "damn," a couple of incomplete "f--ks," etc.), and there's some sexual imagery (shots of cleavage and a short-skirted bottom, jokes about masturbation and virginity, and more).
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why kids want to see this movie -- is it because of the story or all of the toys and other tie-in products they've been hearing about?
- Who's the movie's intended audience? Is it today's kids (and, if so, what age group?) or grown ups who were kids when the toys were first popular in the '80s?
- How does this big-screen version compare to the different TV shows and the previous movie? Do the explosions and crashes seem more serious here than in the cartoon versions?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Must watch the movie!
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
Good movie!
This movie has non stop violence, but with little blood(considering they're robots). The language gets a little iffy. But for some kids they wont notice much of it. Overall it was a good movie that you don't want to miss!
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
a great movie with big robots fighting. The best special effects movie ever! Very deserbing in some parts.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
the language was pretty bad, but overall the movie was good
- I rate this title off for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
This movie is not good for ANYONE
This movie is marketed for young kids, but it is definetly not appropriate. I don't recommend that ANYONE sees this movie. There is quite a lot of sexual dialogue and innuendo, which pretty much ruins the whole movie.
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
Jeez this is bad. Michael Bay needs a bullet. Great animation and CGI, but you can't see anything. Pretty Bad.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
This is an awesome movie and our whole family loved it! Yes, there is some bad language and sexual behaviour so know your child's limits.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
Shocking
Shock Value sex is rampant.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
You either love it or you hate it
This movie is the kind that either you like it or you don't. As language goes, I've heard worse. It wasn't too bad, but it was frequent. As violence goes, there are several explosions and shooting scenes, and one man is impaled, but they hardly show it, and when a person is injured, they don't go into much detail. As sexual content goes, there are a couple of inappropriate references that i strongly believe the movie would have been much better without. If I was asked, I would say that the best role model out of this movie was Optimus Prime. Overall, I enjoyed the movie (for the most part) but if you have younger kids who want to see it, then it's your call, but I would suggest having them wait until they are older, or at least watch it first so you know in advance what your child will be seeing. Like I said, these are just suggestions. You make the call.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
good movie
this movie was worth seeing but dont let little kids see it
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Unlike the Sequel, it's worth Seeing
This is a good movie. It's worth seeing. Rent it. The action is very cool and the scene at the beginning is phenomenal. The actors would not have been my first choice. The military guys are cool, if not the best actors. I don't like Megan Fox in any setting so she gets the big two thumbs down. Shia LeBouef (if that's how you spell it) plays an irritating character who is not a good role model for children. He's just a normal, sex-crazed adolescent male. Megan Fox's character is no less irritating and is an exhibitionist straight out of juvenile hall. Not exactly great role models. Annoying characters aside, the action makes it worth a watch.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Unlike the Sequel, it's worth Seeing
This is a good movie. It's worth seeing. Rent it. The action is very cool and the scene at the beginning is phenomenal. The actors would not have been my first choice. The military guys are cool, if not the best actors. I don't like Megan Fox in any setting so she gets the big two thumbs down. Shia LeBouef (if that's how you spell it) plays an irritating character who is not a good role model for children. He's just a normal, sex-crazed adolescent male. Megan Fox's character is no less irritating and is an exhibitionist straight out of juvenile hall. Not exactly great role models. Annoying characters aside, the action makes it worth a watch.
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
Good And A lttle Bit Funny Movie And O.k. For Teens
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
Language needed to be used less for more general population
Disliked it. WAY too much profanity and LaShe is the source of most of it. Did have a few moments I enjoyed, but, overall just not my cup of tee
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
Teens 14+ ONLY!!!
This movie is HORRIBLE for young kids! Everything is wrong! We were only in the theater for 10 minutes! DO NOT SEE IT!
- I rate this title off for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Not perfect for anyone.
Too much gratuitous bad language or "almost" bad language. Inappropriate sexual movements by robots and characters. This movie would've been a lot better without this foul stuff - didn't add to the story at all, what little story there was. Too much violence and mayhem without any plot as well. Very poorly done movie. It really disappointed my boy.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
AWESOME MOVIE Good for all ages
It was even better than the first one. Great to see the old cartoon come to life on the big screen.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
a couple sexy talk when sam driving mikaela home. in one part the milatary has a gun fight. the violent parts is mostly robots and the military.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
Big Mother F**king Robots!! "Nuff Said
Its nothing more than big budget, robots pummeling each other, fun. Filled with fast cars, hot girls, and racial sterotypes. What direcor Micheal Bay does best.
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| 67% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 58% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 33% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
| 33% | of parents say it's too violent |
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