Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 6 (themes, scary scenes, violence)
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Children under 5 | Not suitable due to themes, scary scenes, and violence. |
Children aged 5–6 | Parental guidance recommended due to themes, scary scenes, and violence. |
Children aged 7 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: | Migration |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | Very mild themes, some scenes may scare very young children |
Length: | 91 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Mack Mallard (voice of Kumail Nanjiani) has lived his whole life in Moosehead Pond. Fearful of what lies beyond the tree line, he does his best to keep his wife Pam (voice of Elizabeth Banks) and two ducklings Dax (voice of Caspar Jennings) and Gwen (voice of Tresi Gazal) content with their simple and uneventful life. When an exotic flock of migrating birds lands in their pond on their way south, Dax and Pam are entranced by the stories they hear and very much want to join the flock as they make their way to Jamaica. Mack will not hear of it but slovenly Uncle Dan (voice of Danny DeVito) unwittingly helps him see things in a different light. Too late to join the others, the Mallard family decides to embrace adventure and head off on their own. Their inexperience leads them into New York City where they encounter a parrot called Delroy (voice of Keegan-Michael Key) who, after being freed from the terrifying chef who has kept him captive for years, agrees to guide them to Jamaica. The trip, however, is not as straightforward as it should be and a pit stop quickly turns into a rescue mission as the ragtag crew try to save countless birds from the cruel clutches of the very chef they thought they had just escaped. Will the Mallard family make it to Jamaica or will they perish in the process? And is the world really as scary as they first believed it to be?
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.
Fear of the unknown; Separation from a parent; Animal cruelty.
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, 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.
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 aged five to eight, including the following:
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 some sexual references in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Migration is an animated adventure, featuring a charming cast of characters and a fast paced, albeit predictable, plot. This is a family film that can be enjoyed by all but the youngest of viewers.
The main messages from this movie are to remain optimistic, even when things look hopeless; and that you should not be bound by your fears but rather face them, taking risks that allow you to experience life instead of having it simply pass you by.
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:
In cinemas, the (Pixar) short film ‘Mooned’ is likely to be shown before the feature presentation. It depicts the villainous Vector, from ‘Despicable Me’, trying to get back to Earth after his attempts at stealing the moon fail. One character drinks what appears to be a martini, there is a lot of slapstick violence where Vector is repeatedly smashed, crushed, run over, or bashed. He winds up stranded, wearing nothing but his underwear, on a foreign planet. Vector is repeatedly rude to the minions and alien attempting to help him and he repeatedly uses words such as “stupid”, “dork”, and “poop”.
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