Your Highness
for strong crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity, violence and some drug use.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults Teens |
| Genre: | Fantasy Adventure Comedy |
| Length: | 1 hr. 42 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2011 |
| USA Release: |
April 8, 2011 DVD: August 9, 2011 |
ROYALTY of the Bible: kings / queens / princes
arrogance and pride
drunkenness in the Bible
Should I save sex for marriage? Answer
vulgarity
laziness
cowardess, bravery and courage
| Featuring |
Danny McBride … Thadeous James Franco … Fabious Rasmus Hardiker … Courtney Natalie Portman … Isabel Toby Jones … Julie Justin Theroux … Leezar Zooey Deschanel … Belladonna Damian Lewis … Boremont |
| Director |
David Gordon Green |
| Producer |
Universal Pictures Stuber Productions Andrew Z. Davis … executive producer Mark Huffam … executive producer Peter McAleese … co-producer Danny McBride … executive producer Jon Mone … executive producer Scott Stuber … producer |
| Distributor |
“Get your quest on.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father’s kingdom.
Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic comedy adventure set in a fantastical world—‘Your Highness.’ As two princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the heir apparent’s fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed.
Thadeous (Danny McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (James Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he’s settled for a life of wizard’s weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious’ bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), the king gives his deadbeat son an ultimatum: Man up and help rescue her or get cut off.
Half-arsedly embarking upon his first quest, Thadeous joins Fabious to trek across the perilous outlands and free the princess. Joined by Isabel (Natalie Portman)—an elusive warrior with a dangerous agenda of her own—the brothers must vanquish horrific creatures and traitorous knights before they can reach Belladonna. If Thadeous can find his inner hero, he can help his brother prevent the destruction of his land. Stay a slacker, and not only does he die a coward, he gets front row seats to the dawn of an all-new Dark Ages.”
So a warning to all that might be thinking about watching it. DON’T!!!… It was like watching a bad dream. To think that I had sat through it and didn’t leave, I ask my self why. So please don’t make the same mistake I did.
Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3½
An example of this movie’s approach is provided by a minotaur with an erect penis seeking to sodomize an androgynous page boy—only to be killed by an anti-hero who cuts off the minotaur’s penis, threads a string through it and wears it as a necklace. The secular highlights of the film are a lingering, voyeuristic shot of Natalie Portman’s naked posterior and a close up of her crotch in a metal mini g-string (said to be a chastity belt). It is essentially pornography.
What is surprising about this film is that Natalie Portman accepted a role at the peak of her career which is essentially a role to portray a flaky slut. Whilst Portman played the role perfectly, it is a poor reflection on her character that she would agree to play such a role. We were even treated to the Academy Award winner referring to her “beaver”. If she had been desperate to get into movies, and this is what she did to get her first role, I could understand. But we as Christians should not give rich and accomplished actresses a free pass on starring in movies with the practical effect of promoting perversions—even in this case—pederasty. I doubt that this film could have achieved wide cinematic release, but for Portman’s participation.
Interestingly, by editing about fifteen minutes, and dubbing a new script, a competent B-grade children’s film could be produced. It is nothing short of amazing that the Government of Northern Ireland appears to have injected money into this movie—according to the end credits.
Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 1½
However, the watchability and entertainment of this movie are about average, as I (as do MANY of my fellow Christians) have a sense of humor. There are no anti-Christian messages in this movie, that I can see. There is certainly content that is offensive. But there is nothing sacrilegious about this film. Some might look at the sexual content as offensive, which is fine. And I agree with that. But to say that this movie is more offensive than Kevin Smith’s “Red State,” for example, is simply dishonest. The movie is not anti-Christian.
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My Ratings: Moral rating: Very Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3