A Minecraft Movie
for violence/action, language, suggestive/rude humor and some scary images.
| Moral Rating: | Not recommended |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Teens Young-Adults |
| Genre: | Animation Adventure Comedy IMAX |
| Length: | 1 hr. 41 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2025 |
| USA Release: |
April 4, 2025 (wide release—4,263 theaters) DVD: June 24, 2025 |
| Featuring |
Jason Momoa … Garrett Jack Black … Steve Jennifer Coolidge … Vice Principal Marlene Kate McKinnon … Alex Emma Myers … Natalie Jemaine Clement … Daryl / Bruce (voice) Rachel House … Malgosha (voice) Danielle Brooks … Dawn Jared Hess … General Chungus (voice) See all » |
| Director |
Jared Hess |
| Producer |
Warner Bros. Legendary Entertainment See all » |
| Distributor |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Four misfits—Garrett ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like piglins and zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Jack Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.”
- Violence: Moderate to Moderately Heavy —some is slapstick / punching, people kicked, shot, thrown, hit with arrows, man rips off a zombie’s arm and hits zombie with it, zombies on fire, ghasts are stabbed and impaled, monster impaled and killed, man stuck in the crutch, man steps on exploding booby trap
- Vulgar/Crude language: Moderate —A**, B*tt, Cr*p (4), Bullcr*p, Frickin’, Screw it, Suck
- Profane language: Oh G*d, Oh my gosh, Dang it, What the heck, What the…, H*ll (4)
- Sex: Mild —No sex scenes, but implied sensuality, flirting, woman invites him back to her house for “dessert,” people touching each others butts, reference to “weird fanboy dreams,” “full man sandwich,” “birthday suit,” “salt sacks,” Woman says to man, “You can bag me up and take me to the curb anytime”
- Nudity: Male buttock cleavage
- Drugs/Alcohol: Minor —Reference to wine
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From a Christian standpoint, there are some things to object to, though none of them are really major or push the PG rating that much. There are some frightening images and action violence that might be too much for small children, there is some occasional mild language (h*ll, cr*p, several misuses of God’s name), and some suggestive remarks that caught me a bit off guard.
On the positive side, there is an attempted message at using your creativity for good and that while it’s easy to destroy things, it’s even better to create something (which when applied to the villain, brings to mind John 10:10), but it’s not well built up enough for it to really give the film a strong heart. For parents with kids under the age of 9, I would suggest exercising parental guidance before taking your kids to see “A Minecraft Movie.” For anyone over that age though who is familiar enough with Minecraft to keep up, this is a theatrical experience you won’t soon forget.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 3