Not recommended under 10, PG to 13 (Themes, language)
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Children under 10 | Not recommended due to themes and coarse language. |
Children aged 10-13 | Parental guidance recommended due to themes. |
Children over the age of 13 | 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: | King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild coarse language |
Length: | 78 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
This documentary follows the lives of two avid arcade gamers (Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe) determined to stay on the top of the points list for the popular Donkey Kong game. Each man has his own philosophy and method of game play, both within the game itself and the wider society in which they live. Viewers are taken through the various twists and turns of this battle for supremacy, and are given behind-the-scenes glimpses into the impact that it has on the lives of the players and their families.
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.
Video game addiction; neglect of family; cheating
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.
None of concern.
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
There are some scenes in this movie that could 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 scenes described above.
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.
Children in this age group are unlikely to be disturbed by anything in this film.
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.
The following products are displayed or used in this movie:
There are some very mild sexual references in this movie, including:
None of concern.
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
The King of Kong is a humorous documentary which includes both directed and archival footage.
The main positive messages from this movie are the importance of persistence and honesty in competition.
This movie could give parents the opportunity to discuss the importance of the family unit and the need to sacrifice one’s own desires for the benefit of the family as a whole. It also highlights the dangers of video game addiction and its impact on a person’s life and those around them.
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