Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

Setup of original series and this feature is that Kimmy was kidnapped as a teen and held for 15 years in an underground bunker. That terrible experience still informs her life, and she sometimes voices how the trauma affected her. We don't get flashbacks to her bunker in this adventure, but we do see other women trapped in a van, banging on the back windows, screaming, though it's a brief visual and ultimately they are freed. Other violence is cartoonish and silly, like when Titus flies backward off a treadmill. Characters brandish guns, like when one is seen robbing a bank (presented for laughs), and one main character holds another at gunpoint. Viewers can select an option for a character to be "splode"-d, and we see a big fireball but not a realistic death.

Visuals are restricted to Kimmy and her fiancé having sloppy/ridiculous fully clothed make-out sessions and a somewhat sexual dream Titus has. Rude, suggestive jokes aplenty, like when a nanny says Mary Poppins "shagged" a lot of "children," and a gas station attendant says that a character tried to trade "hand jobs" for gas. At one point, Titus refers to a "glory hole" in a (joking) insult.

"Bitch," "s--t," "ass," "dammit." Kimmy uses sound-alike words such as "fudgin'."

Adults drink socially and at bars. At one point, a side character mentions getting "drugs for 1,000" for his homegrown music festival. Kimmy and Titus unwittingly ingest hallucinogens and have visions of buffets of delicious food.

Parents need to know that Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend is an interactive movie that continues the storylines and characters from the show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The interactivity comes in the form of pauses in the narrative when viewers are prompted to take a situation in one direction or another, choose your own adventure-style. They can also make no choice and let the story move ahead on track. As in the original series, Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) has a dark backstory: She was kidnapped as a teen and held for 15 years by a cult leader. There aren't any flashbacks to her imprisonment, but we do see a group of women screaming and banging on the windows of a van. Despite this background, the movie is unfailingly positive and funny, with Kimmy and others demonstrating gratitude, perseverance, and integrity. Violence isn't frequent, but there's a scene in which one character holds another at gunpoint (viewers can choose to "splode" the character and have Kimmy shoot him with a flamethrower), and another in which someone robs a bank at gunpoint. Both are played for laughs and aren't tense or scary. Expect plenty of sexual jokes, including one about Mary Poppins "shagging" the children she cared for, and someone is mockingly compared to a "glory hole." Sexy visuals are confined to a silly kissing scene between Kimmy and her fiancé (Daniel Radcliffe) and a dream that involves a come-on from a beautiful model. Adults drink socially, and Kimmy and her friend Titus (Tituss Burgess) are unwittingly dosed with hallucinogenics, resulting in visions. Language is infrequent but includes "bitch," "s--t," "ass," "dammit," and four-letter sound-alike words like "fudgin'." Strong women anchor the cast, which is diverse in terms of age, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, ethnicity, and body type.

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