Helping you choose the best movies for your family
MOVIE TITLE: Booksmart RATING: R LENGTH: 105 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: D for disgusting teenagers IN A NUTSHELL: From a mom’s perspective, this coming-of-age movie is trash. Every single GenZ teenager featured in the film lives in the gutter. Other … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Pokemon Detective Pikachu: Special Edition (DVD) RATING: PG (This is the first Pokemon movie to be rated PG.) LENGTH: 1 hour 44 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B TIPS FOR PARENTS: Some profanity by Pikachu and “mild” name … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: The Hustle (2019) RATING: PG-13. The movie was originally rated R, but Rebel Wilson fought for a PG-13 rating, contending that it wasn’t any raunchier than a lot of other PG-13 movies. She won the argument, which proves … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Little RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour, 49 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: C+ IN A NUTSHELL: This is kind of a reverse, African-American version of the Tom Hanks’ 1988 hit movie Big. I love that movie. It … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Long Shot RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours, 5 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: D IN A NUTSHELL: Garbage. This political satire/rom-com is over-the-top and ridiculous. So, do you think sloppy, stoner Seth rises to the level of classy … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Missing Link [Blu-ray] RATING: PG LENGTH: 1 hour, 35 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: This stop-motion comedy by Laika is one that adults might enjoy more than children, like all of its other … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: SHAZAM RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 2 hours, 12 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: Are you getting superhero fatigue? I hear you. I don’t read comic books and it can be confusing trying to … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour 49 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: D for really dumb IN A NUTSHELL: Audiences seemed to enjoy this final installment in the Madea franchise, although critics hated it. … Continued
