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Epic Movie | 2007 | PG-13 | - 6.7.5
A parody of many recent films, including "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Unfortunate Events," "Snakes on a Plane," "X-Men," "Harry Potter," "Borat," "Superman Returns," etc. The main plot thread concerns four orphans who visit a chocolate factory and are reunited in "Gnarnia," where they are forced to defend themselves against a cruel witch and her minions. With Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays and Faune Chambers. Directed by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer. [1:26]
SEX/NUDITY 6 - A woman seduces a young man, she pushes him onto a bed, they kiss and it is implied that they have sex.
► A woman grows larger breasts, larger buttocks, a unibrow and excess underarm skin at her lover's request, prior to them having sex (which is implied).
► A woman sucks on a young man's thumb (we hear squeaking) and we see that the appendage is quite swollen when she releases him.
► Two young women, a young man and an older man lie in bed together and it is implied that they have all had sex together.
► A faun and a beaver kiss in a few scenes and in one the faun pushes his tongue into the beaver's mouth.
► A young woman lies on top of a man in bed, she gets up and leaves when they are interrupted by others entering the room and he makes a comment about his just having taken Cialis.
► A woman wears skimpy patches that cover her breasts and genitals and the rest of her body is covered with blue paint (her blue-coated cleavage, abdomen and legs are visible in several scenes); she dances and moves suggestively while a young man looks on with interest.
► A young woman moves down, off screen, and it is implied that she is performing oral sex on a faun; however, we find out that she is actually polishing his hooves.
► Several women wearing skimpy bikinis dance, move suggestively and sing suggestive lyrics while carrying and eating bananas, hot dogs, etc.; two of the women kiss. A man wears a thong swimsuit that reveals his bare buttocks. A woman wearing a bikini steps out of a wardrobe. We see a woman's pregnant abdomen in a few scenes. A man wearing bikini underwear lies on a floor (his bare chest and legs are visible). A young man pulls off his shirt and stands bare-chested. A heavyset man runs bare-chested and his breasts bounce (we hear squishing with each bounce). A man's buttock cleavage is shown when his pants drop low in the back.
► A woman opens her dress in the direction of a young man, and we see her bare shoulders and his facial expression.
► A woman is bitten on her clothed nipples by two snakes and a man is bitten on his clothed crotch. A man caresses a young woman's clothed breast.
► There are a few references to humans having sex with animals and having offspring with traits from both (e.g. half goat, half lion, etc.).
► A woman jogging slows to slow motion while a young man watches with interest.
► A young woman polishes a doorknob and says that a man wanted her to.
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VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A young man is stabbed in the chest (we see a bloody spot on his sweater and he slumps to the ground). A man is stabbed in the stomach and he falls to the ground.
► A young woman is struck in the chest by an axe, another is struck by several arrows and a young man is stabbed in the stomach.
► Many men who have been "paused" mid-action are struck down by people with swords and arrows and a magic wand.
► A boy boxes a man's ears, slams him onto a table, pulls his arm until it snaps (we see bone poking through skin), and then slides him along the table until he crashes through a window and outside.
► A woman swings a spear in the air, a young man fights her with a sword, and he is stabbed in the stomach by the spear (we hear a squish).
► A young man is struck hard in the crotch by a sledgehammer and two balls fall into a tray (implied that they are his testicles, although we do see him later and he's fine).
► A man reaches under a surgical sheet and pulls a young woman's heart out (she falls unconscious and he holds the heart in the air although we do see her later and she's fine). A young woman touches her tongue on a frozen pole, she becomes stuck, a faun grabs her from the shoulders and pulls her off leaving her tongue still attached to the pole and flapping around.
► A man kicks a young woman's head off (we see it separate and land in a candy vat although we do see her later and she's fine).
► A man pulls a young man's tooth out and drops it in a box of candy.
► A man is shot repeatedly. An arrow is shot through a woman's neck. A man on a TV is shot repeatedly while re-enacting a scene from "Scarface."
► Two men fight with martial arts moves, many loud blows land, one is knocked down, and one breaks the other's neck (we hear a crunch).
► A man walking on a water wheel rolls over a woman and crushes her (we see her flattened dress lying on the ground).
► A man whips himself on the back (we see bloody slashes on his skin).
► A young woman with mutant powers touches another young woman, who falls over and off screen.
► Four young people are branded (we see the smoldering brand coming close to them and then see reddened skin on one of them).
► A woman swings a spear toward a man who screams and we are told that he is dead. Two young men fight with swords and several people are struck and they fall to the ground.
► A man uses a young man's wounded body to knock down two guards (the body is clearly a stuffed doll).
► A snake slithers toward a woman, then wraps around her legs, followed by many others that wrap around her shoulders and the people around her scream as each one is wrapped or bitten (we see a man with a snake biting his clothed crotch and a woman with two snakes hanging from her nipples).
► A woman is grabbed and thrown out of the plane (we hear her scream), and she crashes on top of a woman on a sidewalk crushing her (we see the body crumple and it is obvious that it is a stuffed doll). Four people are crushed by a rolling water wheel.
► A young man is nearly run down by a speeding sleigh.
► Four young people face a large army of men with weapons, and they charge each other.
► A young man is tasered, he falls to the ground and is tasered again. A woman zaps a man with her magic wand repeatedly causing him to be thrown through the air and crash to the ground.
► A young woman pushes her way through a wardrobe, she walks into a sheet of plastic that sticks to her face, she struggles to breathe, breaks free and is struck by several tree branches before she stumbles and falls on the snow-covered ground.
► A man jumps toward a woman, she ducks and he crashes into a vending machine. A young man is struck hard on the head by a locker door and he falls to the floor.
► A man lies on the floor with a star carved on his chest (it looks raised and is red) and it is implied that he is dying.
► A young man punches another young man in the stomach and face, and then a young woman punches a young woman in the stomach and strikes a young man in the head with a lamp. A young man is punched in the groin (he falls to his knees). A man is struck in the head by a computer that a woman has thrown. A man is struck in the face by a bottle that shatters, and a man is struck over the head with a bottle that shatters. A man is struck on the head with a cauldron.
► A young man shoves another young man against a locker and calls him names.
► A man tells four young men and women that a piece of them will be removed and put into a candy.
► A man asks a woman to spank him repeatedly with a paddle. A young woman kicks a beaver out of a window, and a young woman kicks a beaver, right into a tree.
► A young woman opens the door to a wardrobe and many things fall on top of her, knocking her to the floor.
► A woman wears a scarf made of fox fur and we see many pairs of eyes on it. A young man sprouts blades from his hands when he becomes angry. A young man pulls off his shirt and sprouts chicken wings on his back. A woman's head turns into a squid, its tentacles writhe around and play an organ, and the woman pulls the squid off her head, throws it at a man and it sticks on his face.
► A man serves a plate containing a dead cat to a young man to eat (flies buzz around the carcass). A man sneezes on a man, splattering him with green goo. A young woman has severe acne and one pimple erupts onto another young woman. A woman has very hairy legs and she scratches them aggressively in one scene.
► Four elderly people urinate in the snow, one remarks about seeing a little blood (we see blood and urine stained snow), one picks up a fur coat that was buried under the snow and another puts it on (still covered with urine stained snow). A young man urinates in the snow (he spells out his name with the stream and we see the yellow tinged letters). A young man eats chocolate from a chocolate stream that he is later told is the sewer line (he spits and gags). A man flatulates in bed, then lifts the sheets to spread the odor.
LANGUAGE 5 - 1 F-word, 1 obscene hand gesture, 3 sexual references, 8 scatological terms, 10 anatomical terms, 16 mild obscenities, name-calling (freak, dumb, stupid), 7 religious profanities, 4 religious exclamations.
SUBSTANCE USE - Two young women and a young man chug beer at a party; one young woman appears tipsy and the other projectile vomits on people standing by (we see the goo splatter on them). A man drinks from a bottle of alcohol in a few scenes, a young woman is asked by an air steward if she'd like a cocktail (she does not take one), a woman offers a young man alcohol (he does not drink any), a bottle of champagne is opened but we do not see anyone drink from it, and we see a refrigerator filled with champagne bottles. A character appears to be inebriated throughout the film. A woman who is pregnant is shown smoking and a young woman and man smoke cigarettes after they apparently have had sex.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Orphans, being alone, death of parents, mutants, humility, family, strength of a family, epic adventures, betrayal, fair trials, cannibalism, bestiality, interspecies relationships, prophecies, bullying, fate, democracy, sex with multiple partners.
MESSAGE - Most movies are easy to spoof; perhaps too easy.
(Note: The images of four young people are added to a painting of the "Last Supper.")
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