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Is Swapped a movie night pick for the whole family? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Swapped OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, language, sexy ...stuff, and more.
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Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Ambika Mod
Director: Nathan Greno
Studio: Netflix
MPAA rating: PG
Does Mortal Kombat II take the gory action to a new level? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Mortal Kombat II OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, ...language, sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee
Director: Simon McQuoid
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
MPAA rating: R
Will parents and kids go hog wild for Animal Farm? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Animal Farm OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, language, ...sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Gaten Matarazzo, Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons
Director: Andy Serkis
Studio: Angel Studios
MPAA rating: PG
Does The Devil Wears Prada 2 cut deeper than the original? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is The Devil Wears Prada 2 OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about ...the violence, language, sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci
Director: David Frankel
Studio: 20th Century Studios
MPAA rating: PG-13
Is The Sheep Detectives a whodunit kids can enjoy? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is The Sheep Detectives OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, ...language, sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfu , Chris O'Dowd, Molly Gordon, Nicholas Braun, Bryan Cranston, Nicholas Galitzine, Hugh Jackman
Director: Kyle Balda
Studio: Amazon MGM Studios
MPAA rating: PG
Is Michael a real thriller for young music fans? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Michael OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, language, sexy ...stuff, and more.
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Cast: Jaafar Jackson , Nia Long , Miles Teller
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Studio: Lionsgate
MPAA rating: PG-13
Will the steamy moments in You, Me & Tuscany make teens blush? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Cast: Regé-Jean Page, Halle Bailey
Director: Kat Coiro
Studio: Universal Pictures
MPAA rating: PG-13
Will families get a kid-friendly kick out of Hoppers? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Cast: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm
Director: Daniel Chong
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
MPAA rating: PG
Is the edgy drama in The Drama too mature for young teens? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is The Drama OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, language, ...sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Studio: A24
MPAA rating: R
Does the Super Mario Galaxy movie level up the big-screen scares? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about ...the violence, language, sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black
Directors: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Studio: Universal Pictures
MPAA rating: PG
Is the Ready or Not sequel even gorier than the first film? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Ready or Not 2: Here I Come OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense ...says about the violence, language, sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Samara Weaving, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Studio: Searchlight Pictures
MPAA rating: R
Is Project Hail Mary a safe pick for families with young teens? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Project Hail Mary OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, ...language, sexy stuff, and more.
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Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Studio: Amazon MGM Studios
MPAA rating: PG-13
Is Swapped a movie night pick for the whole family? | Common Sense Movie Minute
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Is Swapped OK for your kids? Check out our video to see what Common Sense says about the violence, language, sexy ...stuff, and more.
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Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Ambika Mod
Director: Nathan Greno
Studio: Netflix
MPAA rating: PG
