Lacks interest and not recommended under 8, PG to 15 (Coarse language; Sexual references)
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Children under 8 | Lacks interest and not recommended due to coarse language and sexual references |
Children aged 8-15 | Parental guidance due to coarse language and sexual references. |
Children 15 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: | Big Mamma’s Boy |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild coarse language, sexual references and nudity |
Length: | 98 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Rocco (Frank Lotito) is 35, single, Italian and a self proclaimed Big Mamma’s Boy. Still living at home with his mother (Carmelina Di Guglielmo), Rocco struggles to have an independent life without Mamma’s interference. Rocco’s father died some years earlier and since then his mother has depended on him. The mother-son dynamic is set to change when Rocco meets Katie (Holly Valance) through his job in real estate and falls instantly in love. Katie finds Rocco’s quirky ways endearing but will not put up with his immaturity and inability to stand up to his mother.
Difficulties emerge as Rocco attempts to move out on his own to prove to Katie that he can live without his mother. Mamma will not give up her baby without a fight and will do almost anything to keep him at home. Who will Rocco choose, the love of his life, or his mother?
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.
Family ties; possessive parents
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.
Minimal use of violence includes:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
Nothing of concern
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.
Nothing of concern
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
The following products are displayed or used in this movie:
There are frequent sexual references in this movie, many of them objectifying women. Examples include:
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There are coarse language and putdowns in this movie, including:
Big Mamma’s Boy is a is a comedic look at an adult male still living with his mother and the difficulty he has in finding his own independence and having a real relationship.
The main messages from this movie are about balancing family loyalty
and one’s own independence.
This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with
their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such
as:
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