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Not age suitable for youths below 11, age suitable for youths above thirteen; suggested age 12.
Is it age appropriate?About our ratings Is it any very good? Common Feeling says
So-so comedy will amuse young Efron fans greater than parents.
Parents require to learn that they could wish to think two times just before allowing younger tween Substantial School Musical fans see this PG-13 rated comedy, which is edgier than most of star Zac Efron's preceding perform. You will find a scene of teens consuming at a social gathering as well as a fair quantity of ######ual references. It can be normally much more chat than action, but there is certainly some generating out, a teen lady will get pregnant, and 1 character hoards condoms. But curse words are few and rather mild ("ass" and "bitch") and violence is at a minimum (of the two "fight" scenes, a single is cartoonish, the other lukewarm). Mothers and fathers could appreciate the fact that Efron's character implores his fellow teenagers to make so-called "smart" decisions about ######ual activity and college.
What Mothers and fathers Require to know
This review of 17 Again was written by S. Jhoanna Robledo
Face it: We've seen this movie prior to. The storyline's so familiar (Big, anyone?) that it can be practically its own genre -- though fine acting from the cast, especially Efron,
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But good acting doesn't automatically make for a very good movie, and, as directed by Burr Steers (who's helmed such deliciously subversive titles as Weeds, Big Love, and Igby Goes Down), 17 Again lacks edge. Yes, there are jokes about cougars and Lord of the Rings fanatics, but that's small potatoes. And though it can be excellent to see Perry on the big screen again,
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Buy Office 2007, and it may end up being worth the popcorn, especially for your teens.