Rules aren’t for everyone
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Alexa Nisenson, Andrew Daly, Thomas Barbusca, Retta, Adam Pally |
Director |
Steve Carr |
Screenplay | Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Kara Holden, from the book by James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts |
Music | Jeff Cardoni |
Cinematography | Julio Macat |
Editing | Wendy Greene Bricmont, Craig Herring |
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Made in | 2016 |
Produced by | CBS Films, James Patterson Entertainment, Participant Media |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Comedy |
Language | Low impact, infrequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Low impact, infrequent |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for rude humor throughout, language and thematic elements |
Runtime | 92 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
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Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 9 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Frank Scheck Pupil's arty revolt against school rules. | 10 | |
Cape Times Unknown | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy While there’s nothing otherwise really wrong with this offering, and the flick could find some supporters in its target demographic, the overall effort is just as forgettable as my past school principals. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 13 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 29 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer | 11 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Book-based comedy has some rebellion, light romance. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 13 users | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes users 4185 users | 13 | |
Internet 1355 Netizens | 12 | |
Average .. 55% | 11 |