Not recommended under 8, PG to 11 (lack of interest and themes)
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Children under 8 | Not recommended and lacks interest for this age group |
Children aged 8-12 | Parental guidance recommended due to themes |
Children over the age of 12 | 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.
Name of movie: | Katy Perry - Part of me |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild themes and infrequent coarse language |
Length: | 97 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Katy Perry: Part of Me is the visual diary of Katy Perry’s rise from middle American obscurity to international pop-stardom. It follows her over a twelve month period whilst she performs a world tour to promote her latest album. Throughout the movie viewers are given an insight into the real person Katy is behind her success, including snippets from her childhood and reference to her very public marriage breakdown.
The film has a reality focus that allows viewers to feel as if they are there with her on tour or in the audience as she goes through the ups and downs of her life as a pop-star.
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.
Katy Perry: Part of Meis the visual diary of Katy Perry’s rise from middle American obscurity to international pop-stardom. It follows her over a twelve month period whilst she performs a world tour to promote her latest album. Throughout the movie viewers are given an insight into the real person Katy is behind her success, including snippets from her childhood and reference to her very public marriage breakdown. The film has a reality focus that allows viewers to feel as if they are there with her on tour or in the audience as she goes through the ups and downs of her life as a pop-star.
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.
Nothing of concern
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
Children may be worried by scenes where Katy is upset and crying
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.
Younger children in this age group may also be worried by scenes where Katy is upset and crying
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.
Younger children in this age group may also be worried by scenes where Katy is upset and crying
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
There is some product placement in this movie, including;
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
There is some partial 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:
Katy Perry - Part of me is the visual diary of Katy Perry
and her meteoric rise to success, told through her music and her round the
world tour.
The main messages from this movie are about the determination and sacrifice
that is needed to make it big.
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:
The cost of success- What did Katy have to give up to make it big? How did her success impact on her marriage? Did it contribute to the marriage breakdown?
Looking after yourself- Katy pushed herself very hard. What are the risks of pushing yourself? Do you think Katy should have taken time out of her tour when she was very down and upset?
Fame- What does the film tell us about being a celebrity?
Religion- How do you think Katy’s parents reacted to her success? Why do you think they supported her despite their own views about some of her music?
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