Kids Cussing in Movies
I’m not a fan of kids cussing in movies. I’m not talking teenagers or college-aged kids letting fly with a stream, I mean little kids, 5, 8, 10 years old cussing in films. Two cases in point - Jerry Maquire and Mrs. Doubtfire. While Jerry and Jonathan Lipnicki’s character, Ray, are getting to know one another right after they first meet there is this charming exchange –
RAY
Let’s go right now. Let’s go to the zoo.JERRY
Aw, the fucking thing…I mean, the zoo is closed.RAY
You said ‘fuck’.JERRY
Yeah I know. I did.
Lipnicki at the time was 5 or 6 years old.
Point two, Mrs. Doubtfire -
NATALIE
We’re his goddamn kids too.[Miranda gives Daniel a look]
DANIEL
Heh heh, kids say the darnedest things.
Why does this always get a laugh? It’s like when you’re watching a movie and for a cheap gag the director will throw in a commercial that everyone knows. It’s lazy filmmaking.
And what is it with the child’s parents that allow them to do this to their kids? Is stardom really so unattainable that you have to make your kid say ‘fuck’ in a movie when they’re not even in first grade yet? I have to say, judging by Lipnicki’s career, saying that in Jerry Maguire has definitely helped his career. And what about poor little Mara Wilson, who played Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire? The last screen credit she has is in 2000 in a ”Thomas the Tank Engine” movie. She’s currently at NYU studying drama, probably hoping to rekindle her career.
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