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My point.....although I can't prove this....is I think even Dobson would go see this movie.

...but he still has to critique it for his millions of listeners, and many of them, with children, want to know the contents.....OK.

His organization, after all, is called Focus on the Family

I think your right.

The review was actually very positive. The reviewers on unpluggedonline.com, which is where this review actually comes from, break down every single cinema release this way. In the past, it actually saved me from taking my children to a movie advertised as "fun for the whole family" that was truly inappropriate for elementary-aged children. I was so glad to have that site.

I posted just that portion of the total review, as a few posters had questioned if there was profanity in the movie. It is rated R and that generally goes with the territory.

I DID notice the language as we do not use it in our house, and it always makes me flinch (especially the JCs). I guess I am a prude that way (wasn't always, though). I didn't think the profanity in this; however, was used to shock, for gratuitous purposes, or to sound "cool". I think the cursing, considering the circumstances is pretty realistic. Especially the folks at NORAD. I was thinking it would be worse, actually.

I am not a potty-mouth (anymore--there was a time...), but as I said before, I have no IDEA if I would keep my composure in the same situation presented in the movie. I am guessing--probably not. I am a flawed human being.

I don't think the language would keep me from taking my teenagers to this very important film, but I would explain that in extreme circumstances we ought to extend the grace that is allowed to us, to our fellow man. And then I would go on to say that, just because I am letting you see this film, profanity and all, does NOT give YOU license to repeat any of these words.