This movie is not as scary as the television show or the books, but still may frighten the younger ones. Rated PG for scary and intense creature action and images, and for some rude humor. The best movie reviews, in your inbox.
Goosebumps is a really fun film. I'm not as sanguine as the film's star regarding the appropriate age to see a movie like Goosebumps. "Monsters from the Id". The film 'Goosebumps', directed by Rob Letterman, apparently has author R L Stine's approval.
It's hard to see why. 'Goosebumps' Review: Fans of the Books Are Going to Dig This Movie. Stine's best-selling kid-lit horror tales into a spooky good time. Stine wrote more than a hundred of these spooky buggers. Too much to cram into one movie? Christian Movie Reviews - Family Friendly Entertainment. Goosebumps is just scary enough without being too scary, funny but not silly, a little gross but not disgusting, and just romantic enough.
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Stine's kid-lit franchise hits the big screen in a monster mishmash. Reviewed at the Grove, Los Angeles, Oct. The movie version of Goosebumps replicates that balancing act.
The setup is a familiar one; you've seen it in just about every other tween-friendly movie or book or TV show. And yes, it does happen that I find myself screaming. Read the Empire Movie review of Goosebumps. Some early reviews have linked Goosebumps to Jumanji Goosebumps is meant to be a family film.