Lacks interest under 13 and shows frequent smoking
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Children under 13 | Not recommended due to lack of interest and frequent scenes of smoking |
Children 13-15 | Parental guidance recommended due to frequent scenes of smoking |
Children over 15 | 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: | Easy Virtue |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild sexual references |
Length: | 93 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Easy Virtue is set in pre-war 1930s England. When John Whittaker (Ben Barnes) brings his glamorous American wife Larita (Jessica Biel) home to meet his family, he’s quite unprepared for their reaction. Larita is a fast and fun loving person who instantly clashes with her overbearing, stuffy, upper-class mother-in-law, Veronica Whittaker (Kristen Scott Thomas).
‘Easy virtue’ is what Mrs. Whittaker accuses her new daughter-in-law of having when she discovers she’s been married previously and has a somewhat shady past. Mrs. Whittaker and her two equally obnoxious daughters set out to undermine and humiliate Larita who has to rely on her own cunning to stand up to these women and play them at their own game.
Larita finds an unlikely ally in Mr. Jim Whittaker (Colin Firth) who has failed to come to terms with the futility of his involvement in the First World War, and war in general. Jim has consequently withdrawn from life and his demanding wife and daughters. He finds a kindred spirit in Larita and encourages her in her opposition to the family and their judgemental upper class values.
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.
Assisted suicide (minor theme)
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 and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under 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 may also be disturbed by the above-mentioned scenes.
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.
Apart from the above mentioned scenes, there is nothing in this movie that is likely to scare or disturb children aged eight to thirteen.
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.
Children in this age group are unlikely to be disturbed by anything in this film.
None of concern
None of concern
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
None of concern
Easy Virtue is a romantic comedy that excellently captures the atmosphere of 1930s England. The story is told with some superb acting, particularly by Kristin Scott Thomas. It is aimed at an adult audience and lacks interest for children
The main messages from this movie are not to make instant judgements about people and to listen to the whole story before forming opinions.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
The 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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