Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (violence, themes, language)
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Children under 6 | Not suitable due to violence, themes and language. |
Children aged 6–8 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence, themes and language. |
Children aged 9 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: | Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild themes, animated violence and infrequent coarse language |
Length: | 85 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Richard (voice of Jay Myers), a cocky sparrow who was adopted by a family of storks, has great dreams of being chosen to lead the flock in their yearly migration. When a daring manoeuvre backfires, it is Richard’s brother Max (voice of Jeffrey Hylton) who is chosen to lead the flock instead. Angry and bitterly disappointed, Richard decides that he doesn’t need a flock and, unbeknownst to his family, sets off on his own. His adventure really begins when he meets Samia (voice of Kyra Jackson), the leader of another group of sparrows who are being exploited by an evil peacock called Zamano (voice of Time Heller) and his two marabou henchmen. Richard’s friends, Olga (voice of Simona Berman) and Kiki (voice of Blake Farha), follow him to the far-off city he found and encourage him to return to his family before it is too late. Richard agrees to leave the following day but once he learns of the jewel Zamano is after and he gets to know the sparrows, he cannot leave them to their fate. Can they work together to decipher the clue that will lead them to the jewel? Will the sparrows ever be truly free, and will Richard make it back before his family flies away?
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.
Adoption; Exploitation; Greed; Vanity; Family Disunity and Sibling Rivalry.
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.
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some name-calling in this movie, including:
Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel is an animated adventure with bright graphics, some musical interludes, and a largely predictable plot. It is a family film for all but the youngest of viewers with an important message about the Earth’s true treasures.
The main messages from this movie are that the most precious things in life are those who love you as well as those whom you choose to love; and that the most precious things in the world are not the jewels or items we amass but rather the treasures of the Earth itself.
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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