Not suitable under 7; parental guidance to 8 (violence, scary scenes)
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Children under 7 | Not suitable due to violence and scary scenes. |
Children aged 7–8 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence and scary scenes. |
Children over the age of 8 | 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: | Cranston Academy: Monster Zone |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild science fiction themes and animated violence |
Length: | 85 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Danny Dawkins (voice of Jamie Bell) is a 15-year-old science whizz who is teased at school for being a genius. Danny is recruited to the Cranston Academy by a Miss Evans, where he meets fellow student and roommate, Liz (voice of Ruby Rose). Danny feels he is, at last, understood but is dismayed to find that the head of the school, Professor Stern, dislikes having him there on a scholarship. Danny feels he needs to invent something amazing to prove his worth and to keep his place at the school.
Danny discovers an abandoned and broken atomic particle reactor, which he decides to repair to show his abilities. However, Danny gets into real difficulties when, with Liz’s help, he gets the reactor going and opens a portal to a 5th dimension. Inside the dimension is a world full of monsters who are intent on causing harm. When the monsters escape through the portal the real problems begin and Danny and Liz have to find a way to get them back and close the portal forever.
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.
Science Fiction; Monsters; Fantasy.
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:
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.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:
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.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged eight to thirteen, including the following:
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.
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone is an animated monster/horror movie which is quite humorous and made for laughs. The film is intended to be light-hearted, however, it is quite scary in parts and is therefore not suitable for young children. Parental guidance is recommended for 7 – 8 year olds who might still be scared by the content of the movie.
The main messages from this movie are that genius is a product of great minds working together; and that more can be achieved by working collaboratively.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
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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