VeggieTales: Moe and the Big Exit (NR, 2007)

Big Idea Studios has done it again. A brilliant, hilarious, movie with unbelievably great morals. They're great for adults, too. Sadly, we live in a world where G movies are as dirty as R movies. But Veggietales is different. They've made nearly forty of these movies, I'm counting, and not once have said anything that kids shouldn't hear. Of course, there is a time or two in this movie where Moe gives his wife a short kiss on the cheek, but that's it. And Veggietales always dims down the scarier parts of Bible stories and such for small children. For example, in the original story of the Exodus, the first plague was Moses turning the river into blood. In Moe and the Big Exit, Moe turns the river into tomato juice. I normally rate Veggietales movies on for 2+, but the last plague might scare some children. No one dies, but there is a shot of baby baskets floating down a river. It's implied there are children in them, but no children are ever shown. I imagine someone downriver found them and raised them, just like Moe, because children never get hurt in Veggietales. One more thing: this movie does NOT teach kids "do what God says or else" as some people seem to think. It teaches that if you do what God asks, which for kids this might be sharing, obeying their parents, etc., he will help you. You don't need to be strong or brave, God will handle that part for you. I mean, look at the cover. It plainly says in size 48 letters, "A Lesson in Followin' Directions." Get over it. Bad things only happened to the mayor because he was downright evil. I don't seem to remember the mayor (or the pharaoh) ever doing anything good. I clearly remember the mayor enslaving the entire town... and worse! If he were never punished, he'd never learn. It's not like he never did the same thing to anyone else. All this movie teaches is that God loves you and will always take care of you. It also teaches you how to play dodgeball. And lose. Oh, well. Anywho, I strongly suggest to every parent out there to buy every single Veggietales movie every made in the history of history. Even if your kids are 40. Trust me, they'll like 'em. See ya'll later!