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Not really sure who this Film is for


It looks like a Children movie but the subject matter is very Adult

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I saw and loved the film on the first night it was released in the US. I would say it is more aimed at adults than children considering the subject matter and how dark it actually was. So far it has flopped in limited release (no surprise) because I do not think adults are anyway interested in the film and advertising has been extremely quiet so far.

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I agree it is not a childrens film, and they have not marketed it very well which is a shame as it is very good.

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The marketing has been a travesty so far and I really do believe it would have fared better in its original release date.

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Perhaps not young children, but I think adolescents and up can understand the messages. From an adult perspective I really enjoyed it.

It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!

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I would say 10+ could understand it fairly well.

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Right now, we are alive... And in this moment, I swear... We are infinite.

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See, people see this as a bad thing, but in reality, the fact that it doesn't specifically speak to one audience means it has "something for everyone" to appreciate... How can that be a bad thing? I mean, it's got a young main character, that's one age group right there... A middle aged dying mother, there's another group... A grandmother trying to cope with watching her child die, that's another... Movies like this don't speak to one audience because they speak to EVERY audience. That's kind of the point of them. I don't know how people can't see that from the trailer. *shakes head*...



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Right now, we are alive... And in this moment, I swear... We are infinite.

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Well I know the book is aimed at 12-17 year olds but I agree it has not been advertised towards a target audience. Shame really

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