How is it for a child?

I've never seen Man of Steel, but this movie might be frightening, depending on how sensitive the child is to scenes of war and natural disasters, more specifically earthquakes; I have an irrational fear of experiencing a great earthquake like the one depicted in the film, the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. It's an incredible scene, though. The scenes are pretty detailed and can be disturbing. You don't see stuff like limbs flying off or anything (Like Princess Mononoke, for example), just a lot of destruction and injured/displaced/frantic people. I cannot recall seeing things like graphic injuries or dead bodies, but there is one scene with some blood, though it's not graphic at all, especially when compared to movies with extreme violence.

Some other things of note that some parents might not like, one a little spoiler-y:

There is a very short scene with a married couple about to have consensual relations, but there is no graphic language and nothing is seen; I doubt children will pick up on it because it mostly looks like they're literally just going to sleep in the same bed. It doesn't even show them together in the bed. Words like "damn" and "Hell" are used at times, but nothing stronger than that. Many scenes with adults smoking, and only one mention that it's bad for one's health.

I'd be more concerned that the 5-year-old will get bored during most of the film, but I'm guessing you're the one that wants to see it, not the child. It's incredibly slow-paced with tons of references to aviation and history, and it deals mostly with a man during his adult life. I went in this expecting the typical Miyazaki fantasy world all of its whimsy (Since I honestly read nothing about the film, nor watched any trailers), and was completely surprised. It's very good, though. Enjoy!

If your 5 year old can have its attention held for long periods of time, than this film might work.

Though it's almost like a biography than something most American kids are known to watch. And it isn't quite as big on action as Man of Steel.

"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."

- Toy Story 3 (9/10)

I haven't seen Man of Steel, but I think there's two scenes in The Wind Rises that could be disturbing to a 5-year-old. As another user mentioned, the earthquake scene might be distressing, and there's a bloody scene of a lung hemorrhage.

A 5 year old going to this would be really bored this is the most mature and realistic animated movie I've ever seen

He would be bored as hell, unless he's really into planes...

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I saw it again today. There were 5 kids in front of me, ranging from 5 to 10 by the looks of them. They were there with their parents. They kept asking "how much longer is this movie going for?"...when it ended, one of them actually said out "Finally, its over"

So I'm going to take from that reaction that those kids were bored out of their minds. In other words, I wouldn't recommend it for kids...not unless you happen to have a kid who is interested in planes or somehow interested in World War 2

I don't think it's meant to be watched by kids. It gets really dark sometimes, and some people might think it's a bit slow at points.