I was sold on this movie months ago when B and I saw the trailer together.
Then I read this and found out the main character has a peanut allergy, inspired no less by Bill Hader's real life allergy to nuts.
We're so there.
UPDATE: I contacted the review from the Seattle Times. He said that, indeed, there WAS a reaction scene in the movie. In his words: "Yes, there is one particularly scary scene depicting the character's reactions, but that threat helps to make the positive ending possible." Now I'm rethinking things a bit....
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11 comments:
I think we will preview the movie before we let our child see it. It seems that so often cartoons represent food allergies in an uniformed/discriminatory manner. Hope I'm wrong!
I had no idea the movie was about a food allergy?! Thanks for the heads up
I had no idea that there was a peanut allergy in the movie. I have only heard good reviews about the movie but nothing about the allergy. Now I am really curious about it.
I saw the movie today with my friends, and I didn't know there was a peanut allergy scene!
I was really upset by it. I will not be taking my daughter to go see it, I'm so glad I saw it without her first!
I'm not sure if you saw the movie yet, and I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but I will tell you this... the peanut allergy scene did upset me, the 'heroine' in the movie has a peanut allergy reaction, and she takes VERY LIGHT of the situation, it's very unrealistic, she did not have her epipen on her, and she did not go get her epipen right away or call 911 etc, it's very unrealistic.
I know its a kids movie, but I think peanut allergy is SERIOUS, and if theyre not gonna depict it exactly how it is, especially on how someone should handle a reaction, then they shouldn't put it in the movie. It's very misleading for kids!
Thank you for the heads-up; my son and I saw the trailer here in Australia today and I thought, there's another film to go and see, but now hearing about that scene, it would be really confronting and confusing for him and his siblings especially when everything we have shown him regarding his allergy is fairly serious to fit the serious nature of the allergy!
thanks for the heads-up--will NOT be seeing this!!! and don't see the new (ish) nancy drew movie either...
Please let us know on your blog when you see it and what exactly you think. THANK YOU!
My eight year old daughter who has a peanut allergy saw this movie last weekend and hasn't been able to sleep for almost a year. She wasn't scared in the theater, but she must have processed it and it took us three hours to get to her to sleep that night. She was terrified of the whole scene and especially the part where she blew up like a balloon. If your kids have food allergies, I would NOT take them to see this film. It was completely traumatizing for my daughter!
in seeing the movie &reading the comments i'd hav 2 say im glad a #1 movie raised awareness 4 "peanut allergy" so more people are aware of anaphylaxis & use of epi pen. my daughter is 3 & told her uncle every aspect of the reaction scene without probing her. i wz grateful that she did see after her shot she was ok! i dont regret showing her this & it was a good not scary reality 4 kids to see & understand.
I brought my three year old sun to see this and absolutely LOVED that they had a peanut allergy scene in it. My son knows all about his peanut allergy and knows what will happen to him if isn't careful.
I didn't think it was the least bit scary, but then again, I teach him everything about his allergy without holding back. She had her EpiPen in the ship, so it was a good reminder to him about having his EpiPen with him always (which we discuss every day anyway). We spoke about never leaving it in the car (or ship).
It was great to see his condition being depicted in movies. So many people don't get it and don't understand. I love that it was in there. It wasn't a 100 percent accurate detail of it, but neither was meatballs falling from the sky.
I love to see the world getting more knowledgeable about this condition.
Bridget Batson
Creator, Jude The Dude - The Peanut Allergy Kid
www.judethedude.com
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