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Avg. Critic Score: 23 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
7 OK for kids 7+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Still, it's refreshing that the animals don't talk. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    This is just one nutso, painfully unfunny family flick. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    This undistinguished picture qualifies as an endangered species. As a digital babysitter, however, it may prove sufficiently efficient to generate fair-to-middling homevid sales. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    A collection of feeble jokes in the service of green themes. Sustainability never looked so stupid. Read full review

  • 25
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Furry Vengeance is a slapstick stinker, easily the worst movie of the year. Read full review

  • 25
    Washington Post |

    The problem, or problems, stem from the lazy, unfunny script; the weak computer-generated animals (never have God's creatures looked less lifelike while dancing to Chic's "Le Freak"); and the squandering of so much talent. Read full review

  • 20
    Los Angeles Times |

    A film so exhausting in its mean-spirited unfunny business that it would prompt Al Gore to empty his recycling bin and light a match to the contents -- and the plastic bin itself -- in full view of news camera crews. Read full review

  • 20
    Arizona Republic | Bill Goodykoontz

    Maybe your kids will insist that you see Furry Vengeance. Then again, wouldn't this be the perfect time to let them test their independence and sit through it alone? Otherwise, good luck. You have my condolences. Read full review

  • 12
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Vengeance has the odor of court-ordered community service. The jokes never rise above the groin. The trees look plastic, the characters more so. Read full review

  • 0
    The New York Times |

    Furry Vengeance is unbearable. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 7+ Timber! This eco-themed family film falls flat.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this family comedy is filled with animal jokes, pratfalls, and over-the-top sight gags, many of which involve animals provoking Brendan Fraser's character. Most of the violence is limited to skunk spray, animal pee, and bee-sting reactions, as well as the protagonist dad falling and hurting himself in every fashion imaginable. Apple dominates the product placements, with a Macbook, iPhone, or iPod visible in several scenes throughout the film. There's no sexuality outside of mild flirting, a quick kiss, and a couple of hugs -- nothing even remotely inappropriate for a PG movie. The messages of the movie are positive -- people shouldn't sacrifice their beliefs for work, and communities should take care of the animals in their midst -- but they're also secondary to the cartoonish "vengeance" the animals impart.
  • Families can talk about the environmental message of the movie. What are the filmmakers trying to say about what it really means to be "green"? Was the real estate development company actually eco-friendly or just pretending to be? How "green" do you think the movie business is?
  • In what ways can we help protect animals and their habitats? What is the solution that Dan and his family come up with in the movie? Is it realistic?
  • How does Dan's work affect his family? Does he do a good job of juggling his work responsibilities with his family? How does your family manage work, school, and family commitments?
The good stuff
  • message true2 Positive messages: The movie's messages include the idea that parents need to make sure that their work doesn't conflict with their personal sense of morality and ethics. Neil Lyman's attitude toward the environment proves caring for the environment is one thing in name and another in practice. Everyone should take animals' lives and habitats seriously.
  • rolemodels true1 Positive role models: Taylor and Tammy are honestly concerned with the environment and try to convince Dan to make the right decisions concerning his boss' environmentally damaging practices.
What to watch for
  • violence false2 Violence: Most of the violence is just lots and lots of pratfalls. Dan is pretty much terrorized by the forest animals. Dan is sprayed -- three times -- by skunks; falls off a second story; lands straight on his groin; is followed by a bear; is urinated on by a raccoon; has a horrible allergic reaction to bees; etc. Neal Lyman is also chased and threatened by forest animals. Animals are rounded up, shot with tranquilizers, and caged.
  • sex false1 Sex: Mild flirting, hand-holding, and one kiss between teenagers. Dan and Tammy hug and kiss.
  • language false1 Language: Mild insults/teasing: "shut up," "shut it," "stupid," and the like.
  • consumerism false2 Consumerism: The product placements include an Apple Macbook, iPod, iPhone, and Amazon's Kindle.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: An adult man smokes a cigar.
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