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Dark Skies

Summary: As the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.
Runtime: 1 h 37 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 3,500,000
Domestic: $ 17,418,667
International: $ 10,439,436

Box office:

Budget:$3.5MDomestic:$17.4MInternational:$10.4MWorldwide:$27.9M

Box office International:

Source: The Numbers

8%
41%49%

50/10072/100
39%17%
White77.78%Black11.11%Jewish5.56%Mixed / Other5.56%
1.79
BechdeltestTalk about a man

Commonsensemedia

Message1/5
Role model1/5
Violence4/5
Sex3/5
Language3/5
Consumerism1/5
Drugs3/5

Dove

Sex3/5
Language4/5
Violence2/5
Drugs3/5
Nudity2/5
Other2/5

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Parental Guide

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This film gets a 1.79/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387433/parentalguide

last updated: 2024-10-26Update data

Commonsensemedia Rating

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/dark-skies

last updated: 2024-10-26Update data

Message
1/5

Overall the movie has a rather hopeless message, but it does show a family working well to love and support one another, despite a few arguments and pitfalls.

Role model
1/5

The characters are realistically flawed and not particularly heroic or extraordinary, and none of them really learns any lessons, but the four family members do show love and support for one another.

Violence
4/5

Frequent scary scenes range from simple jump-shocks to more elaborate, creepy nightmare imagery (a child with no eyes and bloody sockets, etc.). One of the most shocking has a boy entering a kitchen to see his father holding a rifle, his mother dead, and the walls spattered with blood (it's a hallucination). In one sequence, hundreds of birds slam up against a window and a house, leaving little spots of blood. A grown man starts a fight with a teen boy; the boy's father intervenes, punching the man in the face. A woman bangs her head repeatedly against a glass door. A man's nose bleeds. Guns are fired. Scary creatures are briefly shown. Some arguing and yelling.

Sex
3/5

Young teens watch a so-called "adult video," wherein a man calls a woman a "bad girl," kisses her, and fondles her breast through her clothing (no nudity shown). A boy tries to repeat what he saw in the video, fondling a teen girl's breast. She yells at him but then gives him a little kiss anyway. A married couple kisses and is intimate with each other (no nudity shown).

Language
3/5

Most of the strong language is said by an older teen, a "bad influence" secondary character who hangs around with the main character. His language includes "s--t," "bitch," "jock," "t-tties," "ass," and "p---y." The main 13-year-old character says "don't be a d--k." The father says "hell" in front of his youngest son. In another scene, he whispers "what the f--k" under his breath (it's not audible). Other words include "damn" and "Jesus Christ" (as an exclamation).

Consumerism
1/5

Apple iPhones are used and shown throughout the movie.

Drugs
3/5

A "bad influence" teen invites the 13-year-old main character and two girls to smoke pot. He slams the paraphernalia on a table and says, "light 'em up." In the next shot, the teens are acting high, but viewers never actually see them smoking. A main adult character is seen smoking a cigarette, and other adults are shown drinking wine with dinner.

Dove Rating

https://dove.org/review/9780-dark-skies/
Faith
0/5

None

Sex
3/5

A husband and wife kiss and make out a bit although nothing is graphic; teen boy and girl kiss; kids watch porn on TV and it contains a scene in which a man fondles a woman's clothed breast and then later a teen boy does this to a teen girl's clothed breast; sexual moans by woman is heard on TV.

Language
4/5

J/JC-2; For C*rist Sake-1; G/OMG-4; F-1; S-5; BS-1; B-3; P-1; H (as a place)-1; H-1; Butt-1; Slang for breasts-1; Slang for female genitalia-1

Violence
2/5

Many birds crash into windows and side of house and blood is left and they die; woman bumps head into glass over and over and has a bloody wound on head; man puts gun under his chin and a shot is heard but he really doesn't commit suicide; a man in frustration pounds his brief case on his car; blood is seen splattered on a wall.

Drugs
3/5

Marijuana is seen and its use by teens is implied; champagne and wine and drinking including beer; man smokes cigarette; woman takes medication for her nerves.

Nudity
2/5

Woman wears T-shirt and thighs are seen; people wearing swim wear at pool and shirtless boys and men and a girl in a bikini are seen.

Other
2/5

A few jump scenes including birds suddenly crashing into house and windows of house; tall figures are seen, mostly in shadows, in house; disturbances like loud noises and family is fearful; tension between a couple; a man's nose bleeds badly; a child comes up missing.

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