Billboard Dad
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Ashley Olsen, Mary-kate Olsen Director: Alan Metter Brand: Warner Brothers DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-06-11 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Model: 36519 Studio: Warner Home Video Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Billboard Dad
Movie Review: Is This What They Call "G" These Days?
Summary: 1 Stars
I did not watch this movie, but overheard it in the next room as my girls watched it. The movie may be 99% wholesome and appropriate, but there is one line in it that is so offensive and over the top that I cannot recommend it to anybody. It is where these pre-teens who have arranged a date for their dad, broach the topic of "safe sex" with him. He says something like "I'm 40 years old and know what I'm doing." Excuse me?
I don't know the plot. Are the dad and his date divorced? Are they widowed? I don't know - but in the real world children do not get so geeked about their parent having premarital sex with someone that is not their parent. The fact is that most children of divorce wish their parents would get back together and are horrified about their parents (especially the parent of the opposite sex) sleeping with someone else. And if the children are "modern" and "resilient" as this movie's stars are portrayed, still they tend to cope with the topic of parental sex with a non-parent by not thinking about it.
My kids seemed to really enjoy this movie. But I am offended that a "G" movie would imply the normality of discussion about sex-with-a-non-parent between children of divorce and their parents. Our society looks the other way at the emotional toll divorce exacts on its children, and the looseness with which we portray sexuality. Family courts, divorce attorneys, and some counselors give us "happy talk" about how divorce can actually be a good thing for kids. Apparently now "G" rated movies can be added to the list.