She isn't happy that Ashley's dating Bret (MATT CZUCHRY), the motorbike riding son of the town's mayor, Wade (LEON RIPPY). The resident of Prosperity - including conspiracy minded radio broadcaster Harlan Griffith (DOUG E. DOUG) -- aren't happy with Wade since the town and its various failed projects - such as the huge indoor shopping mall - have not resulted in what its name suggests.
Wade's latest get rich quick schemes aren't going over that well either. The first involves getting everyone to sell their property to a buyer who has plans for their land, but many are against that including Chris McCormick (DAVID ARQUETTE) who's returned to his hometown. He's inherited his late father's now abandoned mining operations and doesn't want to sell. Rather, his intention is to let Sam know how he really feels about her after a ten-year absence.
Wade's other plan has more disastrous effects. It seems he's been accepting payment for allowing toxic materials to be stored in those mines. When one of the barrels of that waste accidentally falls from a truck en route, it ends up contaminating a nearby pond. A local exotic spider farmer then unknowingly feeds contaminated crickets to his arachnids, resulting in them suddenly and quickly growing to huge sizes.
Once loose, they continue to grow and then threaten the lives of everyone in Prosperity who do what they must to defend themselves and avoid the mutant spiders that eventually overrun their remote town.
Violence consists of many scenes of gigantic mutant spiders attacking and capturing or killing humans (nothing bloody or graphic) as well as humans killing many of them (with resultant green goo/blood). A huge explosion kills more and a teenager zaps her boyfriend in the crotch with a stun gun when he won't stop his sexual advances.
Those spider attacks, other related scenes and the basic sight of the gigantic spiders might be unsettling, suspenseful or downright frightening to some viewers (particularly younger ones and those with spider phobias). Meanwhile, some brief tense family moments are present, some people drink or smoke, and various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2002) (David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Minor
Heavy
Heavy
*Heavy
Heavy
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
Moderate
Extreme
None
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Mild
Mild
Moderate
*Extreme
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Reviewed July 15, 2002 / Posted July 17, 2002
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