Parental guidance under 6 (scary scenes)
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Children under 6 | Parental guidance recommended due to some scary scenes (please note that 3D effects increase the intensity of some scary scenes |
Children 6 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: | Monsters Inc.3D |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | Some scenes may frighten young children |
Length: | 95 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Monsters Inc. 3D is a re-release of the Disney/Pixar’s 2001 original animation. Mike (voice of Billy Crystal) and Sully (voice of John Goodman) are the dream team at Monsters Incorporated. They work together to scare as many sleeping children as they can so that the children’s screams can be stored and converted into energy for the city of Monstropolis. Sully is about to reach the all time scaring record. However, times are tough for the monsters – children just don’t seem to be as scared anymore and Monstropolis is facing a power shortage.
One night, Sully discovers that a little girl called Boo (voice of Mary Gibbs) has been let into the monster world. Since children are believed to be toxic to monsters he fears the consequences and seeks Mike’s advice on what to do with the child. Avoiding the Child Detection Agency (CDA), the evil Randall (voice of Steve Buscemi) and Boo’s potentially toxic touch is challenging work for Sully and Mike. They battle through obstacles in an attempt to get ‘Boo’ back safely to her family and along the way, discover that laughter is much more intense than screams, making them rethink the way that they work!
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.
Separation from family; children as victims; deceit
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.
Monsters Inc 3D contains some violence, made more intense by 3D effects, 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 idea that monsters wait in closets wanting to catch children’s screams. Examples of scary scenes whcich are made more scary by 3D effects, include:
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 scared by some of 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 movie.
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 movie.
The following products are displayed or used in this movie:
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
There is some sexual activity in this movie, including:
None of concern
There are some mild coarse language and putdowns in this movie, including:
This is an animated comedy with a new look at an old topic. Children have always wondered about monsters in their cupboards, but we see in Monsters Inc that the monsters are not as scary as wee thought! It is an entertaining family movie, although some scenes may be scary for under 6s, particularly in the 3D version.
Sully and Mike’s views on children are challenged when they meet Boo and try to get her back home. They learn they must fight off the evil Randall and his scary plans to obtain power in different ways and uncover ways to do so which are better for everyone! The main messages in this movie are:
Values that parents may wish to reinforce with their cildren 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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