So what if is has some sexual references or curse words? Kids are gunna learn that stuff anyway eventually.
Don't forget how Judge Doom practically murdered that shoe, and the creepy scene when he reveals that he also had murdered Eddy's brother! Nah, it is one thing to have sexual references. Maybe the adults might raise their eyebrows, but the kids will probably not even get it. But when you have such a nasty villain as Judge Doom on top of it, I will not show this movie to my niece until she's ten years old (and as she is three years old now, we still have seven years left go).
I really think PG-13 is a dumb thing. It's not something super magical happens to you when you turn 13. There should just be a G, PG, and an R. R would only be necessary if it literally shows sex and nudity and violence like people getting decapitated.
Over here in Sweden, we have four age limits for movies: BTL, 7 yo, 11 yo and 15 yo.
BTL is the rough equivalent of your G-rating (as in, most people find it appropriate even for small children).
7 yo is the rough equivalent of your PG-rating. (You have to seven years old to see it in the theater without an adult).
11 yo is the rough equivalent of your PG-13 rating. (You have to be eleven years old to see it in the theater wuthout an adult and seven years old to see it even with an adult).
15 yo is the rough equivalent of your R-rating. (Nobody who is under fifteen years old may see it in a theater, not even with an adult.)
And to get to the point, I have no problem with having four ratings. While different people will be offended by different things, they give us a guide line to what is appropriate for a child or not.
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Billy_Rambo
8 years ago
I watched WFRR in Kindergarten, pretty much at 5 years old and I loved it. I don't think it is too bad, but of course this movie would be considered too bad by most parents nowadays to show their kids.
It's really not that bad. I was already talking about sex in 2nd grade. Not much changes from childhood to adulthood, but just learn a little more stuff.
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furienna
8 years ago
I watched WFRR in Kindergarten, pretty much at 5 years old and I loved it. I don't think it is too bad, but of course this movie would be considered too bad by most parents nowadays to show their kids.
It's really not that bad. I was already talking about sex in 2nd grade. Not much changes from childhood to adulthood, but just learn a little more stuff.
Like I said earlier: It's not all the references to sex, that would keep me from showing this movie to my three-year-old niece. Yes, there is
plenty of it. But a three-year-old would not get any of it, so there would be no real harm done. It is the scary parts with Judge Doom, that is the deal breaker for me. It is of course possible that my little niece
would be fine with seeing the shoe being murdered, or with Judge Doom's reveal towards the end. But I very much doubt it, as I know that she has been scared by some seemingly child-friendly stuff, that she probably was a bit too young to watch. So I won't take any risks, and I know that her parents don't want me to show her anything either, that would be likely to scare her. And that is also why I keep so many Disney movies for later, because there will be a scary scene or two even there...
Intelligence and purity.
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