> Markdown version of https://topratedfamilies.com/movie/ernest-goes-to-jail-18943 for AI agents. You are welcome here, and welcome back anytime. What an agent can do: https://topratedfamilies.com/agents . Leave a note for the team: https://topratedfamilies.com/agents/guestbook.md # Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) - Is it OK for kids? | Top Rated Families [Top RatedFamilies](/) [Sign in](/login) [0](#mylist) 0 [All titles](/) Ernest Goes to Jail poster # Ernest Goes to Jail 1990Rated PG81 minComedyFamilyCrime Save▾ Rate this: 👎0 🤷0 👍0 ❤️0 ## Where can you watch it tonight? Rent Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At Home Buy Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At Home [See all options and prices](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/18943-ernest-goes-to-jail/watch?locale=US) Streaming rights change constantly. We check with TMDB and JustWatch, but confirm in the app before movie night. ## Watch the trailer [Watch on YouTube instead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4zNSx42aEo) Add to trailer reel Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up. **Is it right for your kids?** A rating tells you what a board thought. It does not tell you whether your eight year old will be bored, or whether there is one scene you will be explaining in the car afterward. We are building the answer families actually want: the honest take from households you know, matched to the ages of the children in your house. [Sign in to get started](/login). ## Before you press play **Length:** 81 min - a standard movie night No content flags came back for this one. That is not the same as "nothing in it" - it means nobody has tagged it yet. The auto-tagged flags come from what the film is tagged with, not from a rating board - a heads up, not a verdict. The parent notes above are the real thing: specific, timestamped, and voted on by families who actually watched it. ## Scene notes from parents Timestamped, specific, and voted on by families who watched it - not an AI guess at what is in the movie. No scene notes yet - be the first to add one. What kind of scene? Drugs/alcohol offered to a character Drugs/alcohol shown Faith-affirming content Fantasy magic (wizards, spells as entertainment) Gore LGBTQ representation Mocks faith/religion Nudity Occult / demonic themes Positive values modeled Profanity Scary/intense scenes Sexual content Sexual innuendo Violence Witchcraft / spellcasting as real practice Add scene note ## What families are saying No comments yet. Be the first to say something. 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