"Too Smarmy"
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What You Need To Know:
THIS MEANS WAR is very funny when the two men are trying to outfox the other guy and win Lauren’s heart. Even there, however, there are some lewd, crude moments that seem smarmy. Still, most of the slimy moments come from Lauren’s best friend character, even though she’s married. Finally, although the resolution to the main conflict is satisfying, Franklin makes another slimy comment to Tuck in the last scene. All this crude PG-13 comedy, though not constant, will turn off media-wise viewers if they make the mistake of seeing THIS MEANS WAR. Forewarned is forearmed.
Content:
(RoRo, LLL, VV, SS, N, M) Strong Romantic worldview that kind of mocks the dating scene, but contains too much slimy rebellious comedy; about 16 obscenities (including one “f” word), one strong profanity mentioning Jesus, 16 light exclamatory profanities such as My God or Oh God, and an obscene gesture; strong action violence, some of it comic, includes gunfights, explosions, car chase with explosions, people hang from scary heights, fighting, and a father (a minor character in the story) loudly encourages his son to be mean during a karate match with another boy; strong sexual content, especially in several slimy comments such as married woman offers to bed her friend’s boyfriends to tell her which one to choose and man admits he slept with friend’s future ex-wife before he knew her, implied fornication in one scene after couple in their underclothes passionately kiss while lying down in kitchen, another scene has a couple kissing passionately on couch but later it turns out no fornication occurred, men ogle women at a party and vice versa, and scene shows married woman under her husband in their underwear in their living room and a couple crude comments are uttered about it; upper male nudity and women in bra in two scenes; alcohol use and drunkenness; no smoking; and, deceit, two male best friends pull tricks on one another to get a girl and this endangers their friendship, minor character bullies people in karate class for children.
More Detail:
THIS MEANS WAR shows signs of comic brilliance, but it goes off the rails too often and contains too many smarmy sexual references. Most of those references revolve around the female lead’s friend character, played by comedienne Chelsea Handler, who apparently only knows how to do lewd material.
The basic plotline to THIS MEANS WAR is that two secret agent friends, Franklin and Tuck, accidentally become attracted to the same woman. When they find out they’re both interested in the same girl, they use all the tricks of their trade to stop the other guy. Meanwhile, the girl, Lauren, gets dating advice from her lewd, outrageous friend. What will happen when Lauren finds out the two men know each other?
THIS MEANS WAR is very funny when the two men are trying to outfox the other guy and win Lauren’s heart. Even there, however, there are some lewd, crude moments that seem too smarmy. Still, most of the slimy moments come from Lauren’s best friend character, played by Chelsea Handler, who has her own show on the E! Channel. Finally, although the resolution to the conflict is satisfying, Franklin makes another slimy comment to Tuck in the last scene. This leads to the movie’s final comical moment. All this crude PG-13 comedy, though not constant will turn off media-wise viewers if they make the mistake of seeing THIS MEANS WAR. THIS MEANS WAR isn’t completely abhorrent, but forewarned is forearmed.
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
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