Parental guidance under 5 (mild scariness and violence)
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Children under 5 | Parental guidance recommended due to mild scariness and violence. |
Children aged 5 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: | Maya The Bee 3: The Golden Orb |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | Very mild themes |
Length: | 88 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Maya (voice of Coco Jack Gillies) is off on another adventure and getting into a lot of trouble in this third Maya the Bee movie. Thrilled by the arrival of Spring, Maya takes her friend, Willy (Benson Jack Anthony), to explore the new growth and blossoms. They find themselves rescuing an ant struggling with some menacing beetles. The ant entrusts Maya and Willy with a very special golden orb and directs them to take it to the Bonsai Mountains.
Along the way, the friends team up with a comic duo, soldier ants, Arnie and Barnie (the Umbilical Brothers). They soon discover that the orb contains an ant princess, whom they name Smoosh. The beetles, led by the egotistical Romulus, are determined not to let the princess reach her destined home and set out to prevent Maya and Willy at all costs. Maya, however, is determined to overcome all obstacles and to reach their final goal.
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.
Mild predatory behaviour; Creatures in mild peril.
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:
There is also some comedic violence in this movie, mostly done for laughs, including pratfalls, and characters falling over and knocking into each other.
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.
Maya The Bee 3: The Golden Orb is an animated movie about a little girl bee named Maya who is headstrong, brave and determined. It is a cute movie which shows that insects often vie over territory but concludes that it is better to live and work together in harmony. The movie is suitable for all ages, however, very young children might be concerned that Maya is often in peril, therefore parental guidance is recommended for children under 5.
The main messages from this movie are bravery and courage and to find ways to resolve conflict, other than fighting.
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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