Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
The Rugrats and their families travel to Paris, France, so
that Tommy's dad can repair a Reptar robot's mechanical troubles. Also Chuckie's widowed
dad starts dating again and Chuckie hopes that he will get a new mom. With the voices of
Joe Alaskey, Christine Cavanaugh, Melanie Chartoff, Cheryl Chase, Elizabeth Daily, John
Lithgow, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Riley, Susan Sarandon and Kath Soucie. [1:17]
SEX/NUDITY 1 - Some flirting. A woman pretends to love Chuckie and his dad
in order to trick his dad into marrying her. Sumo wrestlers are shown in their thongs,
exposing very large backsides; they break into a karaoke song and dance routine. A woman's
dress is torn and exposes her panties and stockings from the back. A baby's diaper falls
down around his ankles showing his bottom briefly.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - The babies are threatened by a mean and menacing woman and
her sidekick. At one point they are kidnapped and put in a dark warehouse with a huge
Reptar robot. A vase nearly hits a baby on the head. A woman tosses a young woman out of a
car and onto the street. The babies steal a huge Reptar robot, march through town in it,
while it is carrying two babies in its hands. At the same time it is being chased by a
robotic slug. Both robots cause lots of damage crushing buildings and causing cars to
crash. The Reptar robot with the babies inside dangles from the side of the Eiffel tower.
A baby flies through the air and nearly falls off the tower. The Reptar robot blows fire
on a stage village a couple of times and once its head blows off and flies across the
stage (crushing things along the way); it bounces up to the theater balcony and nearly
crushes a woman. Two babies almost fall into a luggage chute. A baby is on top of an
out-of-control food cart in a plane. Food is thrown around and the baby is dumped on top
of another baby. A dog runs loose through a hotel knocking people and things around. The
babies run around alone for a while, nearly getting hurt several times -- they are being
chased by Ninjas; there's no Ninja fighting. A dragon doorknob snarls and its eyes glow. A
man threatens to hit a dog with a broom. A dream sequence shows some scary looking dragon
and monster-like figures chasing and fighting with a baby. A baby eats a worm. Angelica is
threatened by a woman and held by the collar of her dress. A woman and a baby struggle
over a teddy bear. There's no gore, but lots of yucky baby goo and talk of gross stuff
such as picking noses, passing gas, burping, babies with stinky diapers. And a baby wets
his pants and a dog urinates on the foot of the Eiffel tower. A baby drools a lot and
spits up on a woman after grabbing at her lips. The babies take a ride through Ooey Gooey
World which is full of green bubbly goo. Two of the babies stuff their diapers with the
goo making way for a later green goo gas bubble joke. A huge cake fight leaves everyone
covered in dripping frosting.
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PROFANITY 1 - Some baby-talk scatological terms. Some namecalling and
insults, most of which are baby to baby, but some are delivered by adults also. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Love, dating, losing and longing for one's mother, being
mean, having ulterior motives, being brave, kidnapping.
MESSAGE - Love can be found when and where you least expect it.
(Note: A major theme in this story is the fact that Chuckie's mother has died and
that he's motherless. It is handled delicately but there are several emotional scenes. And
this may be a subject that some children may find distressing.)
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