Iffy for 14+
Raunchy blockbuster spoof is over the top, dumb.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that plenty of teens will want to see this raunchy parody from the folks behind Date Movie. It frequently relies on sexual references and body functions for punchlines (though the old standby of good, clean, bopped-on-the-head slapstick gets a workout, too). Lots of crotch and breast gags; plenty of innuendo and big, cartoon-style violence. Some language (mostly "s--t" and "Goddamn"). While the main movie being spoofed is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, there aren't any jokes based on the religious allegory underlying C.S. Lewis' plot. References to R-rated films like Snakes on a Plane and Borat may pique young viewers' curiosity to see them.
- Families can talk about the movie's crazy, all-out style of parody. Does any of it work, and do you think anyone will find any of it funny decades from now, when half of the references will have been forgotten? Compare this film to other spoofs -- like Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein and Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog -- in which the comedians seem to have great understanding and affection for what they're spoofing. Is there any of that here?
The good stuff
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Messages: It's great to see a racially diverse cast of leads, though it's also a joke at the same time (they're all secretly brothers and sisters). Otherwise, not much depth in the characters or storyline at all, though some of the personal-growth lessons from Chronicles of Narnia are present in an incidental way.
What to watch for
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Violence: Bloodless, cartoon-style violence, with characters dismembered, smashed, pierced with arrows, shot, decapitated, stabbed, eviscerated, and de-tongued, as well as punched and kicked (in the groin, usually), though they rise up again unscathed.
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Sex: Breast and crotch gags in profusion. Numerous shots of bikini-clad women, including a takeoff on Mystique from the X-Men movies (a bosomy mutant mainly clad in blue body paint and glued-on scales). She has sex (non-explicitly) with one of the heroes. Other characters shown in bed together (including four at once, male and female). Repeated jokes by fantasy figures (fauns and lion-men) about how their fathers "boinked" animals, resulting in their birth. The Witch enchants a victim by showing him her breasts (her back to us). Numerous double-entendres, suggestive character names, and suggestions of Willy Wonka's perversity.
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Language: Many uses of "s--t," "Goddamn" several times (mostly said by a Samuel L. Jackson impersonator in place of "f--k"), and "bitch" a lot.
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Consumerism: Many specific movies, TV shows, and celebrities are spoofed.
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Repeated jokes about drinking, with bottles of liquor magically replacing the Turkish delight from Chronicles of Narnia. Characters, even the sober and sensible one, get utterly drunk in a pre-battle party.
Fan Reviews provided by
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epmr by moviesrulz5
this movie is halarious.
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Meh by redyeah
It wasn't that funny and not a lot worth mentioning, so I won't.
5
Epic Movie by wizardboy
This movie is filled with adventure and comedy I like the movie because it has different movies I have seen before
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Epic Movie not quite epic by EdW
I took my 14-year-old son and one of his friends to see Epic Movie because they wanted to see it. I would have preferred to see another movie, like Freedom Writers. They liked it (they gave it 8/10) but I did not (I would give it about a 5/10). There were definitely some very funny moments, but I was expecting more. I think the movie will do very well among teens, but I would recommend anyone over 20 stay home or pick another movie. For them, I think this would be a waste of 90 minutes out of their lives.
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epic by imax2damaxx
i luv this movie! i don't see how anyone could hate it! u peeps r freaks!
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Really bad by Peffico
This movie was a complete waste of time. I went half way through it and had to walk out. Got my money back though. If you are under 16 maybe you will like it.
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I loved this movie. by youtube_Oh
Absolutley GOOD!
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EPIC FAIL! by LateralMind95
Originally, I always thought that the Scary Movie Series was always fun to watch, so I decided to go see this movie with my brother. He hated it, but I thought it was funny, and now, looking back at this, I'm confused why I even liked this movie.
Okay, It's not the worst film Friedberg and Seltzer made. There are SOME giggle-worthy moments, like The Cribs sequence, the Willy Wonka sequence, and the way they were parodying Jack Sparrow's akward hand movements. (The sequence in the trailer where he screamed was funny as well) So, botom line, if you saw this movie and gave up on the franchise, be thankful that you only saw this ONE MOVIE instead of stopping after seeing the purgatorium that is Disaster Movie!
Grade: D-
NOT WORTH WATCHING.
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The Epic Movie by ashley89
The same old scary movies...remake
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Go see it pretty funny by grewa_gfd
this movie was really funny nearly as funny as scary movie was so i mean i would reccomend this movie but some might wanna waite until the 1 dollar theater opends