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Green Book (2018)
10/10
My husband and I BOTH loved this?!? Pigs must be flying!
14 February 2019
I'll be honest-my husband and I don't agree on movies most of the time. He liked "Uncle Drew;" I said it might be one of the worst films I've ever seen. He SNORED through "Brooklyn," which I watched three time! But we FINALLY found a clever, smart, interesting, watchable film that we both enjoyed. I don't know how you did it, "Green Book," but kudos to everyone involved.
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10/10
My 12-year-old son literally SOBBED through half of it!!!
6 May 2018
I knew this had mixed reviews...but we rented it on a Saturday night and my boys LOOOOVED it-I mean "best-movie-ever" loved it. My review might be shadowed by the fact that it was awesome watching boys love a romantic, idealistic musical this much, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, too. Were some parts corny? Sure. Was some of the background super digitized and fake. Absolutely. But the whole vibe of the movie was completely exciting and uplifting, and made me smile, too. How often can you say that about a movie? The music and dancing was fantastic and the message about embracing your differences was perfectly apropos. Seems a little odd that this movie comes out now after all the controversy about animals being in the Ringling Bros. shows, but I tried to put that out of my head and just watch it from a performance point-of-view. Loved it! Gave it a genuine 10/10. Boys would have given it a 101/10 if they could!!
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2/10
Totally inappropriate for young (age 5-6) children!!
11 November 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I now know this is rated PG and not G--I honestly didn't check before we went, so that is my own fault. My kids LOVED the first Madagascar, and I saw it with them over and over on DVD. There's some silly physical humor, but nothing I was too offended by. Their favorite part of the first one was when the underpants went flying! I can honestly say that when I saw the trailers months ago, I was excited to take my kids to see it! The second one, I thought, had inappropriate language for kids, lots of sexual innuendos that were more blatantly obvious than those "hidden" in other cartoons, and was just super VIOLENT! Plus, I thought it was a lame makeover of The Lion King (with a second-rate "Scar" and "Mufasa"). I didn't think the voice-overs were very good or convincing, and I actually thought the plot was quite boring. It was action-packed and suspenseful at times.

Overall, I think they are marketing this movie to a much younger crowd than those who should be seeing it (all the Madagascar toys in the kids Happy Meals, for example!) Three children (out of only maybe a dozen in the theater) actually left SCREAMING and CRYING after the first 10 minutes of the movie.

Anyway, if your kids are 9 or 10, I'm sure it's no big deal. But for any kids Kindergarten or younger, this is too scary for most and violent for no really good reason (Daddy lion getting shot, constantly beating up the old woman, etc.).

Very disappointed!
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