I rented this movie because it was billed as a great kid's story of triumph over adversity and that sort of thing. I thought my son (4-year-old) would like it, because he loves to read and thinks words are pretty cool.
The actual story of the movie was awesome and truly inspirational, but I was dismayed by the use of foul language in it. Now, I realize that in reality people often don't know better than to use cuss words every other word, but was it needed in a kid's movie? I wouldn't let him finish watching it, because I didn't want him cussing me out over dinner and thinking it was the normal way to speak.
Can you imagine, "Hey dad, pass the f____ing peas?"
"Don't use language like that at the table."
"But I learned it on the kid's movie."
So what was the moral of the movie for me? Teach your kid a few big words to make him smart, but teach him a few dozen cuss words to make him cool to the other kids? Not for my family. |