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# The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) - Is it OK for kids? | Top Rated Families

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# The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

1987Rated PG96 minAdventureScience FictionComedyFamily

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## Where can you watch it tonight?

We could not find this streaming anywhere in the US right now. It may be on disc, at the library, or back next month.

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Crude, grotesque, pint-sized aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids® help a young boy exact revenge on his bullies and win the girl of his dreams.

**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.

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## Before you press play

**Length:** 96 min - a standard movie night

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