Not recommended under 5, parental guidance to 8 (Scary scenes)
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Children under 5 | Not recommended due to scary scenes |
Children 5-8 | Parental guidance recommended due to scary scenes |
Children 8 and over | OK for this age group |
This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.
Name of movie: | Adventures in Zambezia |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | None |
Length: | 82 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Adventures in Zambezia is the animated tale of Kai (voiced by Jeremy Suarez), an adolescent falcon eager for adventure. Kai’s overprotective father Tendai (voiced by Samuel L Jackson) has other ideas and places firm boundaries on his son’s adventures, in fear that he may become harmed as his mother was years earlier. Frustrated by his father’s restrictions, Kai rebels and runs away from home.
The naïve young falcon travels to the infamous bird metropolis of Zambezia which dazzles him. Meanwhile, Kai’s father stumbles upon Budzo (voiced by Jim Cummings), a menacing large lizard who is plotting with his allies to a find a way to Zambezia in order to gorge on the birds that live there.
While in Zambezi Kai finds many colourful friends and has many adventures. He also meets a pretty young bird called Zoe (voiced by Abigail Breslin) who catches his eye. However when trouble begins to brew, Kai discovers a hidden secret about his past and is forced to grow up in order to protect those that he loves and cares for.
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
Death of a parent; running away from home; cruelty to animals; animals killing and eating other animals
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
There is some violence in this movie including the following examples:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
Children in this age group are also likely to be scared by Budzo and upset by the imprisonment of Tendai.
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
Nothing of concern
Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.
Nothing of concern
None of concern
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
None of concern
None of concern
None of concern
Adventures in Zambezia is the animated tale of a young bird intent on adventure who finds more than he bargained for when he stumbles upon Zambezia, a place that holds secrets from his past and endless possibilities for adventure. Although the film has a G rating, there are scenes and characters that are likely to disturb children under 5 and some older children, so parental guidance is recommended for under 8s. The evil Budzo and his associates may be particularly scary for young children and the 3D version of the film makes the violent and scary scenes more intense.
The main messages from this movie are about the value of family loyalty and standing by those you love.
Other discussion topics arising from this film include:
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