The Basics Title: Eight Crazy Nights Rating: PG-13
Overall rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Best for Ages 15+
Ages 3 - 7: Red
Ages 8 - 12: Red
Ages 13 - 17: Yellow
Violence Amount: Yellow
Violence Portrayal: Yellow
Fear: Yellow
Illegal / Harmful: Red
Language: Red
Nudity: Yellow
Sex: Red
Review:
Adam Sandler voices several characters an animated movie
based on a Hanukah song. Davey turned into a bad kid after
his parent’s death when he was twelve. Now thirty-three
and the town drunk, he gets sentenced to community service
just before the holidays. Told to help Whitey Duvall coach
the basketball team, he finds that Whitey is an elderly
man who is not appreciated and is mocked by the whole town.
Davey learns the value of love, family, and holidays by
the end of the movie. Unfortunately, getting there involves
frequent crude scenes and sexual humor, along with alcohol
abuse and brief drug references. Most of the movie is filled
with raunchy, gross-out humor, with a lot of profanity for
a PG-13 film. Adam Sandler has made much funnier movies
then this one. Discussing how the death of parents can affect
children and how people treat one another in a community
are the only redeeming qualities that I can think of.
Linda
Thomas is a native Minnesotan. She graduated from
the University of Minnesota with a double major
in sociology and psychology. Married with a family,
she has remained in the Minneapolis area.
Linda has been a lover of movies since she
was a small child. This love of film eventually
brought her to the point in life where she is
now, a film critic. She was featured on WCCO
radio for three years on the “Dark in the
Morning” show with Dark Star.
In December of 2001, Linda became the film
critic for the syndicated “Ruth Koscielak
Show”.
Linda sees over 150 movies a year and has
had the opportunity to interview a number of
directors and actors when they are in town.
She has also appeared on a public access show
called the "Cinema Judge" and has
ventured into writing for "Cinestar"
magazine in September 2002. The Twin Cities
movie magazine is available, for free, at most
local Blockbuster's and local movie cheaters.
As one of the few female reviewers in the Twin
Cities area, she brings a unique point of view
to her reviews. Linda has raised two children,
a boy and a girl, and knows what they like in
movies and what is appropriate. Hopefully, her
reviews will help your family in choosing where
to next spend your movie-going dollar.
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Linda
Thomas is a native Minnesotan. She graduated from
the University of Minnesota with a double major
in sociology and psychology. Married with a family,
she has remained in the Minneapolis area.
