Parents' Guide to

Barney: Jungle Friends

By Joly Herman, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 2+

Barney's jungle journey has an eco-message.

Movie NR 2009 51 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

Community Reviews

age 14+

Based on 5 parent reviews

age 18+

Plz read

So innapropreate I read this book and it talked about vine, 13 Reasons Why and COD. It gives examples of reasons not to be savage I do not recommend this show.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
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age 17+

bad

it is really bad

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much consumerism
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (5):
Kids say (12):

It's a little annoying to the refined ear to hear the tuneless songs in this movie cycled over and over again. But there is a redeeming quality to the content of the songs, since they successfully introduce kids to a host of different animals and plants. Songs about monkeys show visuals of dozens of monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees, while kids sing their names. A song about plants lists a host of flowers, while it shows kids planting seeds, tending gardens, and smiling among the jasmine. Such exposure to the world's bounty is never a bad thing, even if this lesson is presented by a grinning purple dinosaur who can barely move his arms.

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