Men, Women and Children
for strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout-some involving teens, and for language.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Comedy Drama Adaptation |
| Length: | 1 hr. 59 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2014 |
| USA Release: |
October 1, 2014 (limited—5 theaters) October 10, 2014 (expanded) October 17, 2014 (wide—608 theaters) DVD: January 13, 2015 |
ways the Internet has changed some people’s relationships, communication, self-image, and love lives
proliferation of illicit material on the Internet
What is sin?
What is goodness and righteousness?
PORNOGRAPHY—How can I tell if I’m getting addicted to pornography or sex? Answer
sexual pressures
PURITY—Should I save sex for marriage? Answer
lust and fornication in the Bible
SEXUAL LUST—What does the Bible say about it? Answer
How can I deal with temptations? Answer
What are the consequences of sexual immorality? Answer
video game culture
anorexia
EATING DISORDERS—Where can I find help? Answer
hunting for fame using the Internet
| Featuring |
Adam Sandler … Don Truby Jennifer Garner … Patricia Beltmeyer Rosemarie DeWitt … Helen Truby Judy Greer … Donna Clint J.K. Simmons … Allison's Dad Dean Norris … Kent Mooney Emma Thompson … Narrator (voice) Dennis Haysbert … Secretluvur Timothée Chalamet See all » |
| Director | Jason Reitman — “Juno” (2007), “Up in the Air” (2009), “Thank You for Smoking” (2005) |
| Producer |
Paramount Pictures Right of Way Films |
| Distributor |
 Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “‘Men, Women and Children‘ follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. The film attempts to stare down social issues such as video game culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the proliferation of illicit material on the Internet. As each character and each relationship is tested, we are shown the variety of roads people choose—some tragic, some hopeful—as it becomes clear that no one is immune to this enormous social change that has come through our phones, our tablets, and our computers.”
The movie is based on a novel (2011) by Chad Kultgen described as follows:
“Chad Kultgen, cult hero and author of the buzz-generating illicit classics The Average American Male and The Lie, cuts to the quick of the American psyche like no other author writing today. In Men, Women and Children he explores the sexual pressures at work on a handful of troubled, conflicted junior-high students and their equally dysfunctional parents. From porn-surfing fathers to World of Warcraft-obsessed sons, from competitive cheerleaders to their dissatisfied, misguided mothers, Kultgen clicks open the emotionally treacherous culture in which we live‒in his most ambitious and surprising book yet.”
Violence: Moderate / Profanity: Extreme / Sex/Nudity: Extreme
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