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Big Stan

By Joly Herman, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 18+

Prison rape comedy is offensive and a waste of time.

Movie R 2007 105 minutes
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age 17+

Based on 5 parent reviews

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Clues-For-Reviews Adult
November 7, 2020
age 16+

A classic comedy, that doesn't need to be taken seriously.

This was made back in 2007, in a time where comedy had no line to step over. Yes this film is quite raunchy, to say the least. However staring some big names this obscene comedy is what it is. This film is overly made up, so elaborate, its a classic comedy.
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ummayahaljibli76 Adult
June 25, 2018
age 18+

Pretty sexual and it was honestly disturbing my mood is ruined

there's a part where his wife shoves a dildo in his butt, a part which shows an old man masturbating to women having screaming orgasms though they do not show you the actual clip, a part where a lady is on a sex swing having sex, naked butts, another sex scene where an old man is having sex with an old women, graphic discussion about sex, a man starts breathing heavily asking repeatedly with excitement to see a women's breasts and asking her the colour of her nipple, and there was plenty of almost rape scenes consisting of shower scene where a man gets confronted, lots of talk about masturbation, and a women naked in bed covered by sheets, TLDR;overall there is just graphic language and bums and moaning sounds and people motioning as though they are masturbating and having sex without any actual boob are genitals showing, i think this is not a movie someone with morals should watch
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What's the Story?

Rob Schneider plays Stan Minton, a real estate con man who is thrown in jail for duping his clients. Before he goes to prison, he bribes a judge to give him six months time to get his affairs in order. During this time he trains with The Master (David Carradine), who teaches him how to be tougher than nails and ready for prison life. Because of his fear of being raped in prison, Stan trains earnestly and ultimately conquers his fears. Once he is in prison, he fights all of the gang leaders, teaches them to live in relative harmony, and places a ban on prison rape. Then he learns of a scheme that the Warden has for turning the prison into a resort and he finds himself face to face with the Vietnamese mafia.

Is It Any Good?

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Parents say (5 ):
Kids say (6 ):

It's a "comedy" about being molested in jail -- that about sums up the quality of this movie. Really, it seems like an excuse for Rob Schneider to show some Bruce Lee moves as he does things like vanquish an enemy in the prison shower with nunchucks made of soap and a shoelace. That poor defeated lump (albeit a Nazi gang leader) is then raped with a razor blade, destined to wear diapers for the rest of his life. David Carradine parodies his role in the television classic Kung Fu by playing a grizzled, hardened chain-smoking criminal who trains Stan to be unbeatable. But martial arts lovers will be better off watching something more ...humane.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about crude humor. What is the appeal? Are there certain subjects that are never funny? For example, should rape be satirized? Where is the line between funny and offensive? Does this movie cross that line?

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