Not suitable under 12; parental guidance to 12 (themes, lack of interest)
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Children under 12 | Not suitable due to themes and lack of interest. |
Children aged 12 | Parental guidance recommended due to themes and lack of interest. |
Children aged 13 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: | Grace of Monaco |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild themes, sexual reference and infrequent coarse language |
Length: | 103 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Grace of Monaco is a film that follows the story of Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman), the former Hollywood star who married Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) to become the Princess of Monaco. It takes place over two years in the early 1960s during which French president De Gaulle battles Prince Rainier over the tax laws. The situation between France and Monaco is tense, with a threat of invasion.
Soon however, Monaco is thrown into further turmoil after Grace is offered a role in Alfred Hitchcock’s new film. Six years into her marriage, Grace is forced to decide between following her own career and doing what her husband wants her to do for the sake of Monaco and its people. She soon begins to realise that playing the role of a Princess is just as much acting as any film role, and throws herself into the ‘role of a lifetime’.
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.
Love; sacrifice; marrying into royalty; politics and war; fame
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 minimal use of violence in the film. Examples include:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
Apart from the scenes described above under 'Use of violence', there is nothing in this film that is likely to disturb children of this age
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.
Apart from the scenes described above under 'Use of violence', there is nothing in this film that is likely to disturb children of this age
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.
There are minimal sexual references, including:
There is minimal sexual activity within the film, including:
There is limited use of substances in the film, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Grace of Monaco is a film that demonstrates the difficulties of being part of a royal family, while presenting the contrasting view that love is an incredibly powerful emotion with the capacity to create change. The movie also depicts the destruction and devastation caused by opposing political agendas and governmental disputes, as well as the misery that can at times come within seemingly happy lives lived in the public eye. It highlights the lack of choice and freedom that Grace experiences after six years of marriage to a prince, but also demonstrates that people are ultimately able to make their own choices.
While there is little to disturb young children, the film is not recommended for children under 12. It lacks interest for under 12s, while raising a number of issues which could be discussed with teenagers.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
Parents may also wish to discuss:
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