Parents' Guide to

Let's Go to Prison

By Jane Boursaw, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 18+

Punk'd star in adult jail-house comedy.

Movie R 2006 90 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

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

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age 15+

Based on 3 parent reviews

bigchungues
bigchungues Parent of 2, 5, 8 and 10-year-old
May 13, 2022
age 16+

Horrible parenting, parents don’t take your kids to see this.

I’m a proud father to 4 girls. My first girl, Jennifer went with her DaBaby car and keeps sayings “let’s go”. My other girl, Emily keeps stealing people’s pop it’s as her own. My third girl, Emma took a whole box of SpongeBob popsicles and ate it in front her classmates at lunch time in school. My last girl, Kayleigh drank and stole all of the McDonalds coffee after she played so much Animal Crossing. This movie is bad for your kids’ minds.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much consumerism
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
clarence
clarence Adult
August 6, 2015
age 16+

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
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What's the Story?

John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) is a career criminal who's figured out how to get revenge on the now-dead judge who sent him to prison: watch gleefully as the official's obnoxious son, Nelson Biederman IV (Will Arnett), tries to navigate the prison system. When Nelson is wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to the pen, John gets himself thrown back in the clink and becomes Nelson's cellmate, ensuring that his new buddy gets the "full treatment." John's first advice for Nelson? The joint's a scary place, so make friends fast. Naturally, Nelson quickly offends the wrong cons and is sold -- by John -- to Barry (Chi McBride) for some cuddling. But just as John is basking in sweet revenge, things go oh so wrong. Nelson turns the tables and becomes the Big Man in the Big House ... which means that things aren't looking so good for John, after all.

Is It Any Good?

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If you like deadpan humor -- in this case, skillfully delivered by Shepard -- Let's Go to Prison is a funny satire on the justice system. But with references to all sorts of adult-oriented stuff -- gay sex, lap dances, drugs, and prison violence, just to name a few -- it's definitely not for kids.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how to stay out of the prison system. What do you think jail is really like? Is it anything like what's shown in the movie? Why do some people find it so hard to escape the prison system? What can society do to help change that, if anything? Also, why is revenge never really as sweet as the media would have you believe?

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