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Is Footloose safe for kids?

Parents need to know that the music and movement in Footloose will keep preteens entertained, but the sexual material and profanity may be too mature for the youngest. Teens will enjoy the energy of it, but the music is dated and the central conflict (to hold a dance or not) is a bit hard for teens to buy.
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Is Footloose OK for a 10 year old?

Why is Footloose (2011) rated PG-13? Footloose (2011) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some teen drug and alcohol use, sexual content, violence and language. Violence: Characters engage in dangerous stunts including racing buses, standing on the train tracks and driving after drinking.
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What is the appropriate age to watch Footloose?

Age Appropriate for: 15+. It's mainly sexy stuff, like sexually charged dancing, an implied sex scene, some kissing and lewd talk.
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Are there any bad scenes in Footloose?

Two separate fights, including one fistfight and one bar fight. Willard (Christopher Penn) receives a very bloody nose during one while the other includes several severe hits. One intense scene in which Ariel (Lori Singer) is hit several times by her ex-boyfriend after she hit him and his truck.
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Why is Footloose rated 15?

UIP hoped to receive a PG certificate, but the mix of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll wasn't just an issue for Rev. Moore and co. The BBFC examiners noted scenes of violence, sex references and drug use in the reports published here, and recommended that Footloose required a 15 certificate.
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Do they kiss in Footloose?

Footloose contains:

Scenes with couples dancing in a provocative manner. Embraces and kissing between teens and between adults.
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Who did Ariel lose her virginity to in Footloose?

The minister's wild child, Ariel (Julianne Hough), routinely flouts the regulations, but she does it under the radar. In addition to dancing and strutting her stuff, she loses her virginity to bad boy race car driver Chuck Cranston (Patrick John Flueger), because she's bored.
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Why can't Christians watch Footloose?

FOOTLOOSE has an uplifting, positive ending with strong biblical references, where Ren and the town leaders figure out a compromise. Until then, however, the movie is full of teenage rebellion, plenty of foul language, some implied underage alcohol use, and some lewd behavior.
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What was banned in Footloose?

At school, Ren befriends Willard Hewitt, and learns the town council has banned dancing and rock music within the town boundary. He soon begins to fall for Ariel.
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What age rating is Dirty Dancing?

PG-13. Dirty Dancing isn't all that dirty. The dancers keep their clothes on… at least while they're dancing. Baby and Johnny do engage in a sexual relationship, during which we get an eyeful of Jennifer Grey's back and Patrick Swayze's side-butt (which is our new desktop wallpaper).
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Is Footloose dance heavy?

Footloose is a dance-heavy show. There are some musical numbers that are strictly vocal, but the majority need some sort of choreography. Your Ren has to be able to dance well.
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What age rating is Looney Tunes?

Parents need to know that this animated series inspired by the classic Looney Tunes characters carries a TV-PG rating due to sexual innuendo, some racial and gender stereotyping, and cartoon-style violence.
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What is Footloose on Netflix?

Stuck in a small town where dancing is illegal, a big-city teen challenges the law as he falls in love with the local reverend's rebellious daughter. Starring:Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid.
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Can my 5 year old watch Sonic?

Frequent action violence and some reckless behaviour means that Sonic the Hedgehog is unsuitable for children under 6 years. We recommend parental guidance for children aged 6-8 years. The main messages from this movie are that everybody needs friends and a place to call home.
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Is Phineas and Ferb OK for kids?

Parents can rest assured that while there's little attempt to teach obvious lessons here, Phineas and Ferb is as innocuous as the premise is fun, making it a fine choice for grade-school viewers.
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What Bible verses were used in Footloose?

Ren : Ecclesiastes assures us... that there is a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to laugh... and a time to weep. A time to mourn... and there is a time to dance. And there was a time for this law, but not anymore.
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What is the movie where dancing is illegal?

City teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace. City teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
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Is Footloose Based on a true story?

Footloose is based on a true story. In 1979 the small town of Elmore City, Oklahoma faced a community crisis. The seniors of Elmore High School wanted to plan a senior prom, but dances were against the law thanks to a not-forgotten ordinance from the late 1800s that forbade dancing within the city limits.
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Why did Zac Efron not do Footloose?

He simply turned it down because the script wasn't any good. He told Details magazine it was a difficult decision to make, but he had to turn the lead role down when he realized it wouldn't live up to the original, which starred Kevin Bacon. “All the things I loved about 'Footloose' I couldn't find in the project.
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What does the Bible say about watching bad movies?

The Bible never comes right out and says what to do with movies. Moses didn't bring back a commandment that said, “Thou shalt not watch any R-rated film (unless thine film be titled Passion of the Christ).” Jesus never explicitly spoke about Hollywood.
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What does the Bible say about watching horror movies?

More than any other horror sub-genre, “slashers” are prone to promoting sadism. But the Bible encourages believers not to “rejoice when your enemies fall; don't be happy when they stumble” (Proverbs 24:17, NLT). Clearly, enjoying the depiction of another person's suffering should be avoided.
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Why aren t Christians allowed to dance?

For the first five centuries of Christianity, the church opposed dancing. According to church leaders and early theologians such as Tertullian and Saint Augustine, dance incited idolatry, lust and damnation.
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Was Tom Cruise in Footloose?

Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe were both slated to play the lead. The casting directors were impressed with Cruise because of the famous underwear dance sequence in Risky Business (1983), but he was unavailable for the part because he was filming All the Right Moves (1983).
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What religion is Footloose based on?

The real-life Oklahoma town that inspired “Footloose” was led by a Pentecostal minister. You can imagine how fun that place was. Rev. Moore doesn't believe dancing is inherently sinful.
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Why does Ariel need to be kissed?

Summary. Midway through the film, Ariel has already been turned into a human by Ursula, but she can no longer speak, as she exchanged her voice to become human. If Ariel can't get her true love Eric to kiss her before her three days have passed, she will turn back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula.
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