I was invited to take part in an exclusive screening event for John Cena's newest movie, Playing with Fire. Starring John Cena, Judy Greer, Keegan Michael Key, and John Leguizamo, this movie is a cute end of fall movie. The casting in this movie was excellent. John Cena plays a great no-nonsense smoke jumper which plays perfectly off Keegan Micahel Key's second-in-command who has the bulk of the humor in this movie. John Leguizamo's character felt quite underdeveloped to me with several quirks left unexplained. The writing was spot-on with what you'd expect from a Nickelodeon movie. The language that was used was no worse than would be adaptable for most 6-year-olds. There was one scene with a picture of a very scantily clad lady in the firehouse bunks that was played for humor, but I felt was quite unnecessary. Also, Mr. Cena spends quite some time showing off his upper body. Nothing out of the ordinary if you used to watch him on WWE, but maybe a little too much skin for a kids' movie. There was also a scene at the beginning of the movie that jokes about infidelity and I thought that was highly uncalled for. There are some scenes of peril so if your child gets scared easily or has an empathic heart, you might want to wait to catch it on Redbox. If you wanted to see Instant Family, but the language kept you away, Playing with Fire should be the next movie you check out! With lots of laughs and almost as much heart, Playing with Fire is a great movie to enjoy with your 2nd graders on up! Enjoy, and see you at the movies!
Overall, I'd give this movie 🔥🔥🔥
out of 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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