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"THIS MEANS WAR"
(2012) (Tom Hardy, Chris Pine) (PG-13)


Alcohol/Drugs Moderate
Blood/Gross Stuff Moderate
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Mild
Gun/Weapons Extreme
Imitative Behavior Extreme
Jump Scenes None
Music (Scary/Tense) Minor
Music (Inappropriate) Heavy
Profanity Heavy
Sex/Nudity Heavy
Smoking None
Tense Family Scenes Moderate
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Extreme


QUICK TAKE:
Action-Comedy: Two CIA agents put their friendship aside as they battle for the affections of a woman who's dating both of them but is unaware of their connection.
PLOT:
FDR (CHRIS PINE) and Tuck (TOM HARDY) are two covert CIA agents who work in a field office in Los Angeles and have been after a criminal, Heinrich (TIL SCHWEIGER). When not working, FDR is a ladies' man not looking for any sort of commitment, while Tuck is the divorced father of a young boy and is just starting to think about returning to the dating world. Accordingly, Tuck tries his hand at online dating and ends up matched with Lauren (REESE WITHERSPOON), a consumer product tester/researcher whose profile was placed by her sex-obsessed best friend, Trish (CHELSEA HANDLER).

Lauren isn't happy she did that, but doesn't mind meeting the handsome Tuck, although her reaction isn't initially the same about FDR who she accidentally bumps into later. But he's instantly attracted to her, a troubling development for the men and their friendship when they realize they're interested in the same woman. Setting a number of ground rules (including not sleeping with her until she chooses between them) about how to deal with this, they leave it up to her to decide.

The only problem is she can't, and thus goes on a number of dates with both men, unaware of their real jobs or even that they know each other. As they separately use their agency resources to learn about and thus try to impress Lauren, FDR and Tuck risk their friendship and working partnership as things escalate in their efforts.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Teens might be drawn to it, especially if they're fans of any of the three leads.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language.
CAST AS ROLE MODELS:
  • TOM HARDY plays a covert CIA agent based in Los Angeles who, went not trying to...


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