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(spoilers) Appropriate for kids??


I took my niece and nephew to it today (ages 9 & 6).

There are a few things I didn't love and NO it wasn't the the bunnies singing about their butts.

1. Ash living with her boyfriend.

Ash the porcupine was over and over again referred to as a "moody teenager" and maybe she was 19, but it was heavily alluded that her boyfriend and her lived together or at least they both had a key to the same apt and there were no parents/supervisors? It bothered me. I'm easy going but can we not have 19 year olds in kids movies living with their boyfriends?

2. Michael the Mouse being a bully.

His rude and disrespectful comments bothered me, especially the couple of comments about the pig's and elephant's weight/size. He made one comment that watching the pigs dance was like watching bowls of jello. I get it, it's Seth McFarland and I'm a fan of Family Guy but I don't think it's appropriate for children.

3. Message about money and girls/popularity.

This might just be me and the fact that my nephew can struggle with insecurity but the scene when Michael isn't let into the club and then the next day he shows up with an expensive car, gets let in AND gets the attention of a pretty girl. I just didn't like this message. PLUS he never learns his lesson, he gets to keep the car, he still gets to sing in the show AND he ends up with the girl.

I'm over here apologizing to my sister for taking her kids to this. Am I alone here?

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You're looking too deep into the movie. Just enjoy it for what it is. Sometimes take a break from reality and watch in the confines of the theater screen, not outside it.

Not everything has to be examined.

MM

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