Snowmen

MPAA Rating:

for thematic material, some rough bullying and peril, language and brief juvenile humor.

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Primary Audience:

Kids Family

Genre:

Family Kids

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Year of Release:

2011

USA Release:

October 21, 2011 (limited)
DVD release: November 29, 2011

Relevant Issues

setting a Guinness World Records® title

snow in the Bible

ice

Water: The Miracle of Nature

WEATHER—What are some weather extremes on Earth? Answer

Seasons

schoolyard bullies

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Featuring:	Bobby Coleman … Billy Kirkfield Josh Flitter … Jason Bound Ray Liotta … Reggie Kirkfield Christopher Lloyd … The Caretaker Talon G. Ackerman … Cool Kid Johnny Ahn … Mayor’s Driver Carolina Andrus … Sherry Mason Bromberg … Actor (voice) Kelsey Cassick Hunter Clary … Actor (voice) Doug E. Doug … Leonard Garvey Darren Fromal … Mayor’s Assistant Geoff Hansen … The Mayor Jillian Henry … (voice) Bryce Hurless … (voice) Jennifer Klekas … Fiona - the reporter Christian Martyn … Lucas Lamb Chase McKnight … Bully Beverley Mitchell … Mrs. Sherbrook Nicholas Neve … School Boy Demi Petersen … Gwen Nowakowski Demi Peterson … Gwen Nowakowski Hank Pond … Doctor Aaron Sanders … (voice) Bobb’e J. Thompson … Howard Garvey Terry Wood … Anchorman Ema Doenges … Student (uncredited) Thomas J. Post … Parent (uncredited)
Director:	Robert Kirbyson
Producer:	Mpower Pictures Snowmen Todd Burns … co-producer Stephen A. Marinaccio II … line producer Stephen McEveety … producer Bill O’Kane … executive producer David Segel … producer John Shepherd … producer
Distributor:	Mpower Pictures

“Every one counts”

Producer’s synopsis: “SNOWMEN is a humorous and heartfelt coming-of-age story about three unlikely heroes and the winter that changed their lives forever. After a surprising discovery in the snow catapults three small-town boys into the spotlight, the best friends hatch a plan to be remembered forever by setting a Guinness World Records® title. Along the way, the trio battles schoolyard bullies, unites their community and discovers that - while fame may be fleeting - true friendship lasts forever. The film stars Bobby Coleman (‘Last Song’), Ray Liotta (‘Wild Hogs’), Bobb'e J. Thompson (‘Role Models’), Josh Flitter (‘Ace Ventura Jr.’) and Christopher Lloyd (‘Back to the Future’).

Convinced that he only has weeks to live, 10-year-old Billy Kirkfield enlists his misfit friends in a scheme to ensure that he will be remembered in the record books forever. Together Billy and his friends pursue immortalizing fame in a series of schemes and stunts that eventually threaten their very lives. Along his journey of self-discovery the boys conquer neighborhood bullies, unite a community, and discover that the only lasting legacy is friendship.”

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Negative—We were really disappointed. The trailer looked so cute, and we even bought this is at our local Christian family store. We normally check the movies here, before we would purchase, but the trailer looked so cute, and it seemed clean. Wrong! There are a lot of bully type scenes. We don’t mind that so much, because it can create great conversation with our children, BUT these scenes seemed dark and even violent, at times. There is a scene that actually shows a dead body being retrieved from the snow.

Also, language was offensive to us. We had to fast forward through many scenes, due to intense fist fights and mean behavior between children. We won’t watch again, and our copy goes in the trash. So sad… this could have been really cute.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3
—Jenny, age 40 (USA)

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