60 Second Movie Review: Captain Underpants – The First Epic Movie

RATED: Captain Underpants is rated G for Very Mild Crude Humour.

AUDIENCE: Definitely one for primary school aged boys, though there’s plenty to keep the parents laughing.

WHAT’S GOOD: George and Harold provide an excellent model for friendship, sticking to each other through thick and thin, while building their own entertainment (with pens and pencils rather than electronic devices – shock! horror!).

WHAT’S NOT: There’s some questions to be asked about our heroes’ attitudes to authority. ‘For the sake of the children’ seems to be enough excuse to undermine any inconvenient adult.

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING: In the end, Harold and George realise that they can’t ruin someone else’s life just because it makes their lives easier, and this leads them to confess their faults.

RELEASE DATE: September 14