Swindle

Parents need to know that Swindle is a fun heist story about a group of teens who take matters into their own hands when a scheming con man gets the better of them. From a parent's standpoint, there are some potential problems with how the story downplays acts like breaking into a store, destroying property, and hacking a company's financial system. That said, the fact that the kids' nemesis is a conniving swindler makes it easy to root against him and for the clever teens. For kids, though, the story is an off-the-wall adventure of epic proportions, marked by wacky predicaments, absurd costumes, and skin-of-their-teeth close calls. Teens' dialogue often draws attention to certain characters' physical attributes (some girls are called "hot," while others are dismissed as "geeks"), but a minor plot point challenges these predictable stereotypes in a positive way. There's a lot of chaos that causes accidents and leads to some injuries, but viewers will see it in the comical light that's intended. The bottom line? If your tweens don't mistake the characters' law-breaking as plausible problem solving for the real world, then there's not much to sweat in this absurd comedy.