‘That Was A Bad Decision’: Mila Kunis Shares Horror Stories About Showing Her Kids Inappropriate Movies

Cinema Blend

Interview with Mila Kunis and Michael Keaton

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00:00Oh, we've all kind of had these interactions where there's a movie that's like super precious

00:03to us and we want to wait to show it to our kids.

00:05Do you ever have one where you like showed it to them thinking they're going to fall

00:08in love with it and they just didn't connect?

00:10Yeah.

00:11Yeah.

00:11Are you ready for it?

00:12Yeah.

00:12Sure.

00:13Oh God, guys, this is a, brace yourself for a story that I'll try to make it really short.

00:18We were in Iowa and it was a beautiful summer night and we were like, we have a projector

00:23because we were on a road trip and so we have a projector in our RV, in our camper van.

00:26And we were like, okay, let's project one of our favorite movies onto the garage door

00:32in Iowa and the kids will all get their little blankets out and it's going to be like.

00:36Like driving.

00:36Yes.

00:37We're going to do like a fun little movie for them.

00:39And we were like, okay, what movie can we show them?

00:41We're like, and both Ash and I went, you know, we just showed them Back to the Future.

00:44So they loved it.

00:45We were like, okay, we're on a roll.

00:47We're going to show them Indiana Jones.

00:50Yeah.

00:50I would think that would be good.

00:51Okay.

00:51Well, okay.

00:52You think so until you watch it and you realize it is not, okay?

00:57Because on a big screen in Iowa on the garage door, it's just a lot of Nazi swastikas and

01:06bloody, demon-y things coming out.

01:09It was the worst decision we made in a really long time.

01:13But they're the bad guys.

01:14But it doesn't matter.

01:15The visual of it is not.

01:17Really?

01:18No, it did not translate at this age.

01:19Wow.

01:19They were maybe like, maybe they're like eight and six.

01:23So my five cents, hold off on showing Indiana Jones to your children until they're a little

01:27bit older.

01:28Yeah.

01:28And we kept going, oh my God, someone's going to drive by and just see like the swastika

01:32on the garage door and think like something awful.

01:36Like I was mortified, mortified at what the decision we made was.

01:40Well, you should have just called J.D. Vance and the family.

01:42Have them for a watch.

01:43Oh my God.

01:44Like, come on over.

01:45You might really like this one.

01:47Yeah, that was a bad decision.

01:50That was definitely one that we were like, oh, I think we failed on that one.

01:53And then my daughter, I have so many.

01:55I failed so many times.

01:56I texted my girlfriend at one point and I went, I'm so sorry for what you're going to

02:00get tomorrow morning.

02:01My best friend's little girl came to sleep over and I was like, they both love cheerleading.

02:07And I was like, amazing.

02:08There were maybe like eight at the time.

02:10Or maybe there were nine.

02:11And I was like, great.

02:12There's this great movie called Bring It On.

02:14You're going to love it.

02:16What is it?

02:17Well, it was a great movie for a teenager.

02:20It's not a good movie for an eight-year-old.

02:22Because why?

02:23Oh, the language and the connotation.

02:25I was like, oh my God.

02:27My husband looked at me and he was like, what are you doing?

02:30I was like, I don't know.

02:31I don't know.

02:31I'm watching everything go above their heads.

02:33I'm hoping that they didn't like register.

02:35There were so many sexual innuendos.

02:37Were there girls and boys watching?

02:39Just girls.

02:40Wow, really?

02:40Oh, that was risky.

02:41And so did you, when you tried to change it...

02:44I didn't try to change it because I panicked.

02:45I was like, if I change it, then they're going to be curious as to what was wrong with what

02:49they were watching.

02:49Oh, you might try to change it.

02:50What if you were trying to change it and a couple of the kids went, wait a minute.

02:53Wait a minute.

02:54I want to watch this.

02:54I know.

02:55I want to watch this.

02:56There was some, like, trust me.

02:58There were some moments where there were...

02:59Not a lot of eye rolling at that one.

03:00No, there was a lot of this.

03:02Yeah.

03:02Locked in.

03:03Like, what's happening?

03:05Yeah, that's way until your kid's a little bit older.

03:07Yeah.

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