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Barney: Let's Go to the Moon

By Grace Montgomery, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 2+

Dinosaur helps kids use their imaginations and be confident.

Movie NR 2013 66 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 4 parent reviews

age 18+

mmmmmm

VERY SCARY!!! I, 54, was terribly scared of this movie. Like my palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on my sweater already, within 20 minutes, mom's spaghetti. Would not recommend if you are scared of horror movies. Barney was sexy though, I have to admit. Also would not recommend for people who don't like seeing dinosaurs smoking and taking drugs.

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age 18+

Barney sucks

Barney went to the moon and murdered countless children, as well as his friends. This has some really disturbing content and I would not recommend.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
1 person found this helpful.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (4 ):
Kids say (6 ):

This probably won't appeal to anyone but the preschool crowd. But Barney does a great job encouraging kids to be confident and use their imaginations with silly songs (a mix of old favorites and new numbers) that are easy to sing along to. BARNEY: LET'S GO TO THE MOON also does a great job of showing some uncomfortable situations (such as getting stuck in a lie) and how to gracefully find your way out of them in a way that's understandable and relatable to very young kids.

Young space aficionados may be disappointed that the movie really doesn't have a whole lot about space in it beyond the short-lived rocket trip and a lot of talk about the moon, but they'll most likely be encouraged to imagine their own rocket trips to space. And parents will love the message that you can accomplish anything if you just keep trying.

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