“SEARCHING FOR THE CREATOR”
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON is fun and entertaining. It has silly, enjoyable, funny, and heartwarming moments. The movie has a strong moral worldview. Harold is a positive, loving character. He treats everyone with kindness. He’s also looking for his creator to help him with his identity and purpose. So, HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON has some nice biblical allusions. These biblical allusions offer parents a great chance to talk openly with their children about God and Jesus.
CONTENT:
Strong moral worldview with biblical allusions about finding the creator and movie also promotes prayer;
No foul language;
car accident, stealing, hitting, characters destroy a store accidently
No sex;
No nudity;
No alcohol use;
No smoking or drugs; and,
Stealing and mentions of men’s nipples.
MORE DETAIL:
In HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, Harold is all grown up living in the pages of a book and wants to know where he comes from, so he enters the “Real World” by using magic crayon, which can create anything he wants. HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON is a silly, entertaining movie with some funny and heartwarming moments and a moral worldview that shows a positive, loving main character who’s looking for his creator.
All his life, Harold has used a purple crayon to create anything he would like. When he grows older, he starts to wonder where he has come from. The narrator tells Harold that he created him, and he lives in “the real world.” This makes Harold want to go into the real world, beyond the pages of the book, to find the narrator. Harold decides to draw a door to the real world. He takes his trusty friend, Moose, with him.
When Moose and Harold enter the real world, they’re propelled into a park. Harold starts to see old men that could be the narrator as the narrator has an older voice. However, when Harold approaches them, they say they don’t know him.
Harold decides to draw a purple bike with his purple crayon. He and Moose start riding around town looking for the narrator. It isn’t long until Harold and Moose are hit by a car. Terry, the woman driving the car, gets out and apologizes and introduces her son, Mel. Terry’s tire pops after hitting Harold, so Harold draws her a new tire. Mel sees the magic crayon working and is excited!
Terry decides to allow Harold and Moose to stay at their house, seeing them in need of some direction. Mel and Harold hit it off and both talk about invisible friends and creating fun worlds.
Mel decides to help Harold and Moose find the narrator. He takes Harold to the library to meet the librarian, Gary. Gary helps them, but sees that Harold has special powers in the crayon and would like to steal the crayon for his own use.
Will Harold ever find the narrator, whom he calls his old man? Will Gary steal the purple crayon?
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON is a silly, entertaining movie that has some funny moments. The movie also has some heartwarming moments and a basic, engaging storyline that’s easy for children to follow.
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON has a moral worldview that shows a positive, loving main character who’s looking for his creator. The main character embodies some wonderful positive traits. He treats everyone with kindness. He’s also looking for his creator to help him with his identity and purpose. So, HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON has some nice biblical allusions.