PG-13

Hercules Returns

Funnier than Gandhi... Sexier than the Little Mermaid... Shorter than Dances with Wolves

1993 • 82 min • Comedy

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Synopsis

When Brad gets fired from his job, he goes to reopen an old cinema, he enlists his frends to help him show the last film the cinema aired before it closed... Only they don't know, the film is in Italian. With everyone sitting ready they begin to dub the movie... on the fly!

Our family guide

Best from age 13

Movie Knight Score

29 reviews

67 Audience · 29 · 100%

Brad reopens an old cinema and decides to screen the last film it ever showed—an Italian Hercules movie. With no dubbed version available and an audience waiting, he enlists his friends to improvise the English dialogue live. The result is a chaotic and comedic on-the-fly dubbing session.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 0/10

Heads up

Mild comic violence
A few instances of crude language

What it models well

Creativity and improvisation
Teamwork and friendship
Overcoming challenges

Talk about it after

The humor of improvised dialogue
The history of cinema and moviegoing
The importance of resourcefulness

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