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  • Christmas Vacation (National Lampoon’s)

    Christmas Vacation (National Lampoon’s)

    1989, 1h 37m


    Genre: Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 72%

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    Our Review: ✔ Watched it on 12-25-2023 (PS, HS in Niagara). This is another movie that has been a family tradition since it came out over 30 years ago. It is incredibly funny and entertaining. That said, there are several scenes that can grate on viewers from a morality standpoint. More below. Enjoyment rating: 4 stars.

    Clean Review: From a clean standpoint, there are several moral issues. Immodest views of women, the male protagonist side-stepping that he’s married in the presence of a pretty shop clerk, rude behavior, innuendo, and more. These are downfalls. They fit in with the movie’s lampoon style, but it could have been just as funny without any of this. It is what it is. A very funny movie, but it barely achieves a Clean Rating of 3.

    TMDB: It’s Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark’s continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

    RATINGS
    Enjoyment Rating:4 + stars
    Clean Rating:3 (barely)

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    This site is maintained by a small group of family and friends. If you happened upon us, welcome. We love movies. As Christians we endeavor to do things in a morally honorable way. That includes the movies we view. What drives us in everything we do is our faith in God. We developed a Clean Rating System to help us navigate the movies we watch with Christian values in mind. Our perspective is not puritanical. We try to keep it real.

    If you’d like to know more about a faith-filled life and how to connect with God, please check out YOUR NEW LIFE from ShareWord Global.

    Additional resources that answer questions on faith:

    ☞ New Life Bible App and Resources (from ShareWord Global)
    ☞ Salvation: Exchanging Living Death for Dying Life (from Grace To You)
    ☞ Fundamentals of The Faith

    Sincerely, the family behind Our Flix Pix!

  • Maverick

    Maverick

    1994, 2h 7m


    Genre: Western, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 69%

    Our Review: Watched it on 11-03-2023 with HS at our place in Niagara. Rented it on Amazon Prime. This is a genuine Western but also a genuine comedy. Excellent cinematography, beautiful scenery, excellent acting by Gibson, Foster, and Garner. It’s an interesting story, with lots of action. The movie tracks the adventures of the trio making their way to a major poker tournament and pays considerable attention to the game itself. This riverboat gambling section is exciting and intense. Fantastic twists near the end. The music is scored by Randy Newman and Vilmos Zsigmond does the photography. Based on the 1950s television series of the same name. The main character on TV was played by Garner. Here Gibson plays Maverick, and Garner has a huge supporting role. Enjoyment rating: 3.5 stars.

    Clean Review: From a clean standpoint, there are a few expletives throughout the movie. Of course the whole premise of the movie is of the leading characters “taking people for their money” through petty theft, deception and through card playing. An objectionable scene occurs where the main characters engage in a tryst on the riverboat. Thankfully this is all behind a large bed, and nothing objectionable is actually seen. On morality levels, this is perhaps just below that of an average film. Adults, view it at your discretion and we hope these comments help you decide. Not suitable for children or young teens. Clean Rating: 3.

    TMDB: Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

    RATINGS
    Enjoyment Rating:3.5 stars
    Clean Rating:3

    New to the concept of movies rated for morality?

    This site is maintained by a small group of family and friends. If you happened upon us, welcome. We love movies. As Christians we endeavor to do things in a morally honorable way. That includes the movies we view. What drives us in everything we do is our faith in God. We developed a Clean Rating System to help us navigate the movies we watch with Christian values in mind. Our perspective is not puritanical. We try to keep it real.

    If you’d like to know more about a faith-filled life and how to connect with God, then check out “Find Peace With God” from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

    Additional resources that answer questions on faith:

    ☞ Know Jesus, an online course on what it means to have faith in Christ.
    ☞ Living in Christ, a self-guided online course on what it means to live as a Christian.
    ☞ Basics of Christianity, a place to learn more about what Christians believe.

    Sincerely, the family behind Our Flix Pix!

  • The Out-of-Towners

    The Out-of-Towners

    1970, 1h 38m


    Genre: Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    Our Comments: 10-15-2023 with HS and SF (who owns it on DVD), in the Chicago suburbs. This is a well-written and well executed “screwball comedy” by Neil Simon. If you watch it, you have to be in the mood for irritating and constant setbacks at every turn. One mishap after another assails the poor couple on a business trip to New York! With this proviso out of the way, we were in a good mood that night and found it to be very funny and witty. The movie (same exact title) was remade in 1999, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. Enjoyment rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Comments: There are no real issues here from a clean standpoint. Other than a few mild expletives, this movie has no morally objectionable content. There are a few unsavory characters (they get robbed twice), but they’re simply a part of the adventure of mishaps.

    TMDB: George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip [where nothing goes according to plan].

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: 4.5

    … About Clean Ratings: see this page.

  • Two Weeks Notice

    Two Weeks Notice

    2002, 1h 41m


    Genre: Comedy, Romance
    TMDB Rating: 64%

    Our Comments: 10-10-2023 with HS, in Niagara. Rented it on Amazon. Very funny and enjoyable, with a believable story about a self-centered, womanizing, shallow multi-millionaire developer and an activist lawyer who winds up working for him through an interesting twist. There are memorably funny/witty lines in this movie. It’s a good date night movie to watch at home by mature viewers. Enjoyment rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Comments: Given that the leading man is a shallow womanizer, you can surmise that there will be sexual references throughout the movie. There is a strip-chess scene that has a couple winding up in their underwear, and references to casual sex. But these things are not central to the movie. It stands on its own outside of these themes. This movie is not for kids or impressionable teens. But it is still basically an “average” movie from a morality standpoint. Two Weeks Notice would be a discretionary choice for mature viewers. Clean Rating: 3 (3 = Average for a Mainstream Film (several moral* issues; watch at your discretion).

    TMDB: “Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy’s guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy’s time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: 3

    … About Clean Ratings: see this page.

  • Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers

    1964, 1h 40m


    Genre: Classics, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    My Comments: 09-18-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Borrowed the box set from ASB. A clean and hilariously funny classic comedy. From George’s hypochondria to Judy’s relaxed acceptance of it to misunderstandings, it’s a great little farce. Tony Randall as the guy next door does an incredible job and has you falling off the couch in laughter. This is a great little film!

    TMDB: “At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man’s diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn’t tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he’s not dying at all (while he doesn’t) and she believes it’s just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 4 star

    Clean Rating: 4.5

  • My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

    1955, 1h 42m


    Genre: Classics, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    My Comments: 07-23-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Not sophisticated but adorable 50’s musical comedy romance. There’s joy here.

    TMDB: “Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York’s Greenwich Village looking for “fame, fortune and a ‘For Rent’ sign on Barrow Street”. They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: 4

  • 50 First Dates

    50 First Dates

    2004, 1h 39m


    Genre: Comedy, Romance
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    My Comments: 07-14-2023 at SS’s place in Burlington with HS, SS. Watched on Netflix. Good and tender premise, but you have to endure a lot of crassness. We sure did enjoy being with SS for the evening, regardless!

    TMDB: “Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it’s possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That’s because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 2.5 star

    Clean Rating: 2.5

  • The Lost City

    The Lost City

    2022, 1h 52m


    Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 66%

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    Our Review: Watched it on 07-05-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS, ASD). Rented on Amazon. Unsophisticated, but a fun adventure. Enjoyment Rating: 3 star.

    Clean Review: Not yet rated.

    TMDB: Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city’s lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.

    RATINGS
    Enjoyment Rating:3 stars
    Clean Rating:Not yet rated

    New to the concept of movies rated for morality?

    This site is maintained by a small group of family and friends. If you happened upon us, welcome. We love movies. As Christians we endeavor to do things in a morally honorable way. That includes the movies we view. What drives us in everything we do is our faith in God. We developed a Clean Rating System to help us navigate the movies we watch with Christian values in mind. Our perspective is not puritanical. We try to keep it real.

    If you’d like to know more about a faith-filled life and how to connect with God, then check out “Find Peace With God” from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

    Additional resources that answer questions on faith:

    ☞ Know Jesus, an online course on what it means to have faith in Christ.
    ☞ Living in Christ, a self-guided online course on what it means to live as a Christian.
    ☞ Basics of Christianity, a place to learn more about what Christians believe.

    Sincerely, the family behind Our Flix Pix!

  • Something’s Gotta Give

    Something’s Gotta Give

    2003, 2h 8m


    Genre: Romance, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 66%

    Our Comments: √ 07-03-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Enjoyable entertainment with stellar performances by Keaton, Nicholson, etc. 4 star.

    Clean Review: From a clean perspective, there are a few scenes that may be of concern. For example, the beginnings of an unmarried couple getting intimate, and very brief partially nude scene that’s actually very funny, and honestly shouldn’t put anyone’s knickers in a knot. On morality levels, this is a fairly average film. Adults, view it at your discretion. Not suitable for children or young impressionable teens. Clean rating: 3.

    TMDB: Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin’s mother, Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.

    RATINGS
    Enjoyment Rating:4 stars
    Clean Rating:Not yet rated

    New to the concept of movies rated for morality?

    This site is maintained by a small group of family and friends. If you happened upon us, welcome. We love movies. As Christians we endeavor to do things in a morally honorable way. That includes the movies we view. What drives us in everything we do is our faith in God. We developed a Clean Rating System to help us navigate the movies we watch with Christian values in mind. Our perspective is not puritanical. We try to keep it real.

    If you’d like to know more about a faith-filled life and how to connect with God, then check out “Find Peace With God” from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

    Additional resources that answer questions on faith:

    ☞ Know Jesus, an online course on what it means to have faith in Christ.
    ☞ Living in Christ, a self-guided online course on what it means to live as a Christian.
    ☞ Basics of Christianity, a place to learn more about what Christians believe.

    Sincerely, the family behind Our Flix Pix!

  • Morning Glory

    Morning Glory

    2010, 1h 47m


    Genre: Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 63%

    Our Comments: √ 07-01-2023. PS, HS, SS, at our place in Niagara. Fun little frantic number with good wit and enjoyment. Very good performances by McAdams, Ford, and Keaton. 3.5 star.

    TMDB: A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: not yet rated (but unofficially, not too many issues to be concerned with).