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Parent
December 24, 2011
 
Parent with morals?...don't take your kids to this!!!
TOTALLY inappropriate language!!! This movie had such potential. Such a touching story but then it was ruined because of nasty, distasteful, crude swear words that could have easily been avoided.

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Parent
December 24, 2011
 
beware - frequent profanity - not for younger children.
We went to this thinking it would be like Dolphin Tale - a kid-focused, animal-focused movie that the kids could get excited about. It was not. The messages were okay, but the movie was really built around adult issues, with kids and animals as the backdrop. The language was a problem. Why introduce a half dozen serious profanities, including a 7 year old calling an adult a "d*#k"? Add to that a screaming match between father and son with adult language... way too adult for the younger audience. We were seriously dissapointed, and should have walked out rather than continue to introduce new vocabulary to our kids. This was such an easy movie to make fully-family-friendly, but they totally missed the mark with all the profanity.

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Kid, 12 years old
December 23, 2011
 
should be rated
it should be rated pg-13 for the language

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Parent
December 27, 2011
 
Should have been PG-13
The trailor for this movie was very deceptive - I was expecting light-hearted family fun with cute animals when I decided to bring my 7 yr old. He is a very mature 2nd grader, but I was tempted to leave mid-way through it. Between the foul language, the heavy topic of a parent's death and the son expressing his grief through violent drawings, this was not a pg film. The swearing was all gratituous, not needed to convey their messages. The 7 yr old character, who calls the inspector a "d##k", looks like she is really 4-5 so that was more disturbing. Add in the Easter Bunny bit and it was way off base for those under 10. If they wanted to make it the family movie they advertised, they could easily have cleaned up a few things and not impacted the content/message of the movie. None of the reviews I read before I went indicated that these were considerations for parents bringing children, so this will be my new first-stop in choosing pg appropriate films. Thanks!

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Adult
December 24, 2011
 
The title makes the movie sound like it is going to be "cute."
This movie is about family relationships and dealing with the loss of a loved one. It should be rated PG-13 because the title infers this movie is for little kids, when it is really for teens and adults. My 13 and 16 year old children and my husband liked the movie. I thought the sparing use of profanity was realistic. It is certainly not as bad as what my kids report hearing at school.

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Parent
December 23, 2011
 
Good movie for older kids!
This really is a good movie with a great story but to have the rating as PG was so off base! I had my 12 & 8 year old - great movie for my older daughter but my younger was shocked by the Easter Bunny comment. I was extremely disappointed in the language used! Didn't need it - so many other words could of been use to get the same point across. This movie really should of been rated PG13. Parents be careful with little ones - most of this move was over my 8 years old.

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Parent of 6, 9, 11, and 13 year old
December 23, 2011
 
Great family movie except for the swearing.
I can handle a few run of the mill swear words, but having a 7 year old girl say "d**k" is going too far! I look forward to seeing this on network TV where it will probably be dubbed with 'jerk".

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Kid, 11 years old
December 24, 2011
 
Great movie for 10 and up
I saw this movie yesterday ( i am 11) and I thought it was one of the best movies i have seen all year. But be aware that it does have bad words and it even made me a little sad that the mom died. also there was some topics like jobs or his wife dying that they were talking about. so I would recommend this for 10 years old and up. over all I thought this was a fabulos movie.

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Parent
December 26, 2011
 
Yes Virginia there is an Easter Bunny.
This movie has a wonderful message for older kids and parents, it deals with family issues and it is a bit sad for younger kids. There is a strong use of curse words inappropriate for young children. Parents need to know that during an argument scene between father and teen son the father yells at the teen, "that they have a 7 year old who still believes in the Easter Bunny". Leaving a miserable revelation in the minds of all young viewers. The movie is PG but unfortunately there is no way to preview it before taking your kids to see it. That is why sites like this are an invaluable tool.

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Kid, 9 years old
December 28, 2011
 
Good Movie! But LANGUAGE IS BIG BIG BAD!
It's a good movie but during the movie i saw this movie i saw a woman take her child out of the theater!!!!!Totally NOT PG. Language is huge. S--t 3 times bull---t once from a 14 year old! A--hole, H--l, d--n, and holy s--t once but cut off by a bears roar. S--t is used casually with NO problem. The 7 year old Rosie says "Everybody around here says your a d--k but i dont think you are!" Everybody in the theater laughed but once again people took their kids out of the theater. I'm not sure but i thought i heard a fa---t! A portrait of a woman is shown shirtless!

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Parent of 1, 10, 11, 14, and 15 year old
December 23, 2011
 
Disappointed
This should be PG-13! Not even close to a good movie. Not letting my kids watch this! Huge waste of time! Language I never let my kids use except my two teenagers! Sorry guys but this movie sucks! I'd recommend The Adventures of Tin Tin!

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Adult
December 23, 2011
 
Entire Family Enjoyed It
Our 13 year old son, who wanted to see Mission Impossible instead, really enjoyed this. The tween characters were believable, and I think he related to the boy/girl interaction. :) My wife and I enjoyed it, too. If you need to, bring a hanky, though.

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Adult
December 23, 2011
 
dont know
I would just like to remind parents of young kids that this movie is rated pg and not g and you will certanly want to keep that in mind when going to the theater this christmas weekend or new years weekend

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Parent
December 27, 2011
 
Cute story....Bad language!!!
This movie could have been so cute, however, with the bad language should have been PG-13 easily.

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Teen, 13 years old
December 27, 2011
 
Language is an issue.
The language it quite bad considering that it is a PG movie. I literally gasped when the the little girl called the inspector a d**k! The boy's drawings are really creepy. There is one kiss and a hug and some sexual references made by the main character's brother. The Easter bunny comment was way out of line too. It was a really good movie but please don't take young children to see it.

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Parent of 17 year old
December 23, 2011
 
Excited for enjoy We Bought zoo
Today this movie going to be out and i am pretty much excited to enjoy it.

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Teen, 17 years old
December 28, 2011
 
Sheesh People!
I must have been in the bathroom when they said a totally horrible swear word multiple times or something because I thought the language appropriate for at least teenagers, they did not use one swear word that I didn't know by age 10. My parents said they would have taken a younger child to it when I asked them. However, they are more concerned about violence than most parents are and don't tend to be as considered about the rest and there was a little bit of violence in this movie, but not much. About the Easter Bunny comment, parents could explain that he is using it as a metaphor, which is kind of is since they aren't talking about anything to do with the Easter Bunny.

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Parent
December 27, 2011
 
This is a PG13 movie -- do not take your little ones to see it
Lots of language and graphic depictations of decapitation and violent drawings that are very disturbing to young children.

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Adult
December 26, 2011
 
Not good for young children
Not accurate rating, should be PG13 due to swearing, and a couple of parts inappropriate for kids under 13...one being a reference to Easter Bunny not being real:( Disappointed that we took our 5 and 6 yr old to see...otherwise if bit older audience pretty good movie.

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Kid, 11 years old
December 28, 2011
 
AWESOME
I loved this movie. Some problems in parts. Had a good story behide it.

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