Not suitable under 10; parental guidance to 12 (sexual references, language, themes, crude humour)
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Children under 10 | Not suitable due to sexual references, language, scary scenes and crude humour. |
Children aged 10–12 | Parental guidance recommended due to sexual references, mild course language and crude humour. |
Children aged 13 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: | Mother of the Bride (2024) |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild coarse language, sexual references and crude humour |
Length: | 91 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Young professional Emma Winslow (Miranda Cosgrove) is surprised by her boyfriend RJ (Sean Teale) with a romantic proposal. She excitedly accepts but expresses concern about her mother Lana’s (Brook Shields) reaction. Flying home, Emma announces both her engagement and her intention to run her own business, with her previous employer Discovery Resorts sponsoring her destination wedding in return for publicity. Stunned by the news, Lana is concerned that this may not be what Emma really wants, however, she insists that she is happy for Emma.
After traveling to Phuket for the wedding, Lana meets up with her college friends Janice (Rachael Harris), Clay (Michael McDonald) and Scott (Wilson Cruz). While catching up, she discovers that RJ’s father is none other than Will Jackson (Benjamin Bratt), her ex-boyfriend who broke her heart in their college years. As the wedding planning progresses, both Lana and Emma begin to advocate for themselves and follow their hearts, with Lana learning that it is never too late for love.
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.
Overcoming heartbreak; Love; Not losing yourself for others; Grief; Loss; Regret; Corporate Marketisation.
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.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged eight to thirteen, including the following:
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.
The following products are displayed or used in this movie:
There are some sexual references in this movie, including:
There is some 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:
Mother of the Bride is a romantic comedy that is witty and heartwarming, if somewhat predictable. However, this film has significant crude/sexualised humour, with many characters either sexualised or engaging in sexualising others. This, alongside the darker themes such as heartbreak, grief and a fear of being alone, make it not suitable for children under 10 and parental guidance is warranted for children aged 10 to 12.
The main messages from this movie are the importance of family and second chances; the importance of a strong support network; and that it is never too late for love.
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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