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So there's a movie that's in theaters. And boy, there's been a whole lot of promotion around it. It's called if. Tell us about it.

So there's a movie that's in theaters. And boy, there's been a whole lot of promotion around it. It's called if. Tell us about it.

Yeah. This is a movie about a little girl named Bea. Bea is a 12 year old girl. She's living in New York City. Her mom died when she was little, and now her dad is sick and he is in the hospital, too. And so the kind of overarching context of the movie really has to do with grief and loss and some pretty heavy themes. She's staying with her grandmother, and one day she sees, well, she's not quite sure what it is. It looks a little bit like kind of like a butterfly, but not really. And she's curious. And so she follows it and she meets a guy named Cal, and that sounds a little creepy, but it's not creepy. Cal is played by Ryan Reynolds. Um, who? Ryan Reynolds is so weird, right? Like he. I think of him in Deadpool, and it's, like, as foul a character as it gets. And then he just has this sweet side, right? And this is definitely a movie that highlights that Cal and Bea, it turns out, are some of the very few human beings on Earth that can see imaginary friends, which is What If stands for. It's an acronym for Imaginary Friends. And these are exactly what it says. You know, you imagine a certain friend when you're little, and then you grow up and your little unicorn or tiger or bear or whatever you have imagined gets abandoned into this, you know, sort of parallel universe. They don't really go into that. But, um, and so, you know, what happens to imaginary friends that are cast off? This is what that film deals with. Bea is anxious to help them reconnect with children who are growing up, or maybe now adults who have forgotten them. Um, it has a little bit of monsters, Inc. vibe to it, a little bit of Toy Story, but I'm happy to say it's actually original intellectual property, which, frankly, you know, Despicable Four is coming. Despicable me four is coming out in a few weeks, which is great, but it's nice to have something new every now and then. And, um, let me say my one other caveat. Content wise, there's one scene that's sort of mildly suggestive. Doesn't have anything to do with be. Um, parents are going to get the joke, kids probably won't. And they use actually a quite a few, um, uses of OMG, except they actually say that about a dozen of those. That's really the only content concern here. And, you know, as believers, we certainly don't want to hear that phrase thrown around casually on one hand and on the other. Our culture is such a mess that, um, if that's the only problem something has, you know, some families will feel like that's a no go. Others will feel like we can navigate that. I am Adam Holtz from Plugged In and it's Friday field trip day.

Yeah. This is a movie about a little girl named Bea. Bea is a 12 year old girl. She's living in New York City. Her mom died when she was little, and now her dad is sick and he is in the hospital, too. And so the kind of overarching context of the movie really has to do with grief and loss and some pretty heavy themes. She's staying with her grandmother, and one day she sees, well, she's not quite sure what it is. It looks a little bit like kind of like a butterfly, but not really. And she's curious. And so she follows it and she meets a guy named Cal, and that sounds a little creepy, but it's not creepy. Cal is played by Ryan Reynolds. Um, who? Ryan Reynolds is so weird, right? Like he. I think of him in Deadpool, and it's, like, as foul a character as it gets. And then he just has this sweet side, right? And this is definitely a movie that highlights that Cal and Bea, it turns out, are some of the very few human beings on Earth that can see imaginary friends, which is What If stands for. It's an acronym for Imaginary Friends. And these are exactly what it says. You know, you imagine a certain friend when you're little, and then you grow up and your little unicorn or tiger or bear or whatever you have imagined gets abandoned into this, you know, sort of parallel universe. They don't really go into that. But, um, and so, you know, what happens to imaginary friends that are cast off? This is what that film deals with. Bea is anxious to help them reconnect with children who are growing up, or maybe now adults who have forgotten them. Um, it has a little bit of monsters, Inc. vibe to it, a little bit of Toy Story, but I'm happy to say it's actually original intellectual property, which, frankly, you know, Despicable Four is coming. Despicable me four is coming out in a few weeks, which is great, but it's nice to have something new every now and then. And, um, let me say my one other caveat. Content wise, there's one scene that's sort of mildly suggestive. Doesn't have anything to do with be. Um, parents are going to get the joke, kids probably won't. And they use actually a quite a few, um, uses of OMG, except they actually say that about a dozen of those. That's really the only content concern here. And, you know, as believers, we certainly don't want to hear that phrase thrown around casually on one hand and on the other. Our culture is such a mess that, um, if that's the only problem something has, you know, some families will feel like that's a no go. Others will feel like we can navigate that. I am Adam Holtz from Plugged In and it's Friday field trip day.

Thank you so much, Adam, for just leading the way on that one, because it's very rare that the low note ever gets to be, you know, like the lead vocalist.

Thank you so much, Adam, for just leading the way on that one, because it's very rare that the low note ever gets to be, you know, like the lead vocalist.

Field trip day.

Field trip day.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Thank you so much. Yeah. You sound really good this morning, Adam.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Thank you so much. Yeah. You sound really good this morning, Adam.

Hey.

Hey.

Thank you. Well, thank you so much for just, uh, walking us through some different films you told us about if, which is in theaters. But there's something coming up on Netflix that we need to know about as well.

Thank you. Well, thank you so much for just, uh, walking us through some different films you told us about if, which is in theaters. But there's something coming up on Netflix that we need to know about as well.

Yeah, it is out today. It is called Thelma the Unicorn. It's co-directed by Jared Hess. And if that's ringing a distant bell somewhere in the back of your cranium, uh, Jared Hess, of course, was was Napoleon Dynamite. So that's who he is. This is kind of a fun little animated movie, uh, about Thelma. And Thelma is, as they call her in the movie, a forgettable farm pony. Now, Thelma has a great voice. She can sing. She has two friends that she's in a band with. One of them, uh, is a llama. The other is a donkey, and they are called the Rusty Buckets. And they audition or hope to audition for, like, an American Idol style show. Uh, but they're basically said, told. Look, you don't have it. You don't have the look, you don't have the vibe. It's not going to work for you. And they've been a band for ten years. Thelma is devastated. They go back to their pasture and Thelma is just kind of, you know, messing around. And she sticks a carrot on her head, like pretending to be a unicorn. And wouldn't you know it, at exactly that moment a truck comes by, has an accident, and the truck is full of pink paint and glitter, which, of course.

Yeah, it is out today. It is called Thelma the Unicorn. It's co-directed by Jared Hess. And if that's ringing a distant bell somewhere in the back of your cranium, uh, Jared Hess, of course, was was Napoleon Dynamite. So that's who he is. This is kind of a fun little animated movie, uh, about Thelma. And Thelma is, as they call her in the movie, a forgettable farm pony. Now, Thelma has a great voice. She can sing. She has two friends that she's in a band with. One of them, uh, is a llama. The other is a donkey, and they are called the Rusty Buckets. And they audition or hope to audition for, like, an American Idol style show. Uh, but they're basically said, told. Look, you don't have it. You don't have the look, you don't have the vibe. It's not going to work for you. And they've been a band for ten years. Thelma is devastated. They go back to their pasture and Thelma is just kind of, you know, messing around. And she sticks a carrot on her head, like pretending to be a unicorn. And wouldn't you know it, at exactly that moment a truck comes by, has an accident, and the truck is full of pink paint and glitter, which, of course.

It happens all the time.

It happens all the time.

That happens all the time. I saw that the other day on the way to work. I'm like, oh no! Another pink paint and glitter truck accident. So Thelma is covered with pink paint and glitter and she already looks like a unicorn because she's got a carrot on her head. And then a van full of kids come by and they're like, look, a unicorn! So all of a sudden Thelma has her shtick and she becomes famous. And it really is a meditation on, are we going to live a lie? Are we going to participate in deception, to pretend to be something we're not, to get what we want? And, you know, at some point Thelma is going to have to face the music and admit that she's actually not a unicorn, but she's the pony with the carrot on her head covered in pink paint. Um, this is a pretty nice movie. Um, it's, uh, it's got a little just a smattering of content. There's quite a bit of slapstick violence, as we tend to see in these sorts of things. There are four dancers on this show that wear, I guess you'd call them Unitards, which feels like a word that I probably shouldn't say, but, uh, they're called the pool boys, and they're kind of weird, actually. Uh, and at one point there are two women in a car, and a little girl gets out of the car and you could, you know, infer that they are a same sex couple. The movie never really spells it out, but we're certainly seeing that in virtually everything these days. Uh, but it's not a message that's sort of, you know, front and center. Uh, but that's really about it in terms of, of content here. I think this is another it's a pretty nice movie. Um, you know, kind of like if, if you don't want to spend a bunch of money in the theater and you have Netflix, this might be a possibility. And as always, we encourage people to read our full reviews at Plugged in.com just to, uh, make sure we're not missing something.

That happens all the time. I saw that the other day on the way to work. I'm like, oh no! Another pink paint and glitter truck accident. So Thelma is covered with pink paint and glitter and she already looks like a unicorn because she's got a carrot on her head. And then a van full of kids come by and they're like, look, a unicorn! So all of a sudden Thelma has her shtick and she becomes famous. And it really is a meditation on, are we going to live a lie? Are we going to participate in deception, to pretend to be something we're not, to get what we want? And, you know, at some point Thelma is going to have to face the music and admit that she's actually not a unicorn, but she's the pony with the carrot on her head covered in pink paint. Um, this is a pretty nice movie. Um, it's, uh, it's got a little just a smattering of content. There's quite a bit of slapstick violence, as we tend to see in these sorts of things. There are four dancers on this show that wear, I guess you'd call them Unitards, which feels like a word that I probably shouldn't say, but, uh, they're called the pool boys, and they're kind of weird, actually. Uh, and at one point there are two women in a car, and a little girl gets out of the car and you could, you know, infer that they are a same sex couple. The movie never really spells it out, but we're certainly seeing that in virtually everything these days. Uh, but it's not a message that's sort of, you know, front and center. Uh, but that's really about it in terms of, of content here. I think this is another it's a pretty nice movie. Um, you know, kind of like if, if you don't want to spend a bunch of money in the theater and you have Netflix, this might be a possibility. And as always, we encourage people to read our full reviews at Plugged in.com just to, uh, make sure we're not missing something.

Yeah. Thank you so much for that. Adam Holts is his name. Just gives us an update. And, you know, I'm kind of thankful for, uh, weeks like this where content that's coming out that said, not really that objectionable. There are some things that are out there because sometimes the conversations that we have are I don't know what they were thinking. And, uh, where is it going from here? And oh my word. Uh, let's get the picket signs and start painting them right now. So, so this is not that kind of a week.

Yeah. Thank you so much for that. Adam Holts is his name. Just gives us an update. And, you know, I'm kind of thankful for, uh, weeks like this where content that's coming out that said, not really that objectionable. There are some things that are out there because sometimes the conversations that we have are I don't know what they were thinking. And, uh, where is it going from here? And oh my word. Uh, let's get the picket signs and start painting them right now. So, so this is not that kind of a week.

No it's not. And it's nice to have those sort of palate cleansers, I guess you might say. And next week we'll talk about Furiosa, the next mad Max movie, which was apparently so disturbing for Anya, Anya Taylor-Joy to act in that, uh, it she's talking about how it messed her up, uh, playing this character. So, you know, we'll have more of that next week to talk about. Um, but yeah, I am thankful for for weeks like this. And, you know, we've actually got two bits of, of original, you know, new intellectual property this week, which that doesn't happen very often either. So a pretty nice week. All in all.

No it's not. And it's nice to have those sort of palate cleansers, I guess you might say. And next week we'll talk about Furiosa, the next mad Max movie, which was apparently so disturbing for Anya, Anya Taylor-Joy to act in that, uh, it she's talking about how it messed her up, uh, playing this character. So, you know, we'll have more of that next week to talk about. Um, but yeah, I am thankful for for weeks like this. And, you know, we've actually got two bits of, of original, you know, new intellectual property this week, which that doesn't happen very often either. So a pretty nice week. All in all.

Awesome, Adam. Thanks again for being here with us on mornings with Tom and Toby.

Awesome, Adam. Thanks again for being here with us on mornings with Tom and Toby.