Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (violence, themes, language)
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Children under 8 | Not suitable due to violence, themes and language. |
Children aged 8–10 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence, themes and language. |
Children aged 11 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: | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild science fiction themes, animated violence and coarse language |
Length: | 140 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Gwen Stacey’s (voice of Hailee Steinfeld) life imploded with the death of her best friend. When her father discovers her true identity as Spider-Woman, he chooses to put his work before his daughter and is about to arrest and turn Gwen in when she takes matters into her own hands and joins an elite group of Spider-People who work across the multiverse keeping the Spider-Verse intact. Meanwhile, Miles Morales (voice of Shameik Moore) is struggling to juggle the various facets of his daily life; trying to be a good son and uphold school and family responsibilities, while at the same time secretly shouldering all the demands of being Brooklyn’s friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. A villain called Spot (voice of Jason Schwartzman) is determined to strengthen his power and destroy Spider-Man, whom he initially blames for ruining his life as he was in a reactor room when it exploded, turning him into a white, faceless creature covered in holes. When Gwen briefly returns to Miles’ world, they immediately reconnect and Miles follows her into the multiverse to find out what she is doing. His actions inadvertently set events in motion that threaten to destroy the fabric of the Spider-Verse and lead him to Spidey Headquarters, where he encounters Spider-People from every dimension, including the Spidey leader Miguel O’Hara (voice of Oscar Isaac) and his old mentor Peter B. Parker (voice of Jake Johnson). Despite similarities and experiences, Miles is not as welcomed as he had hoped and will soon have to discover the strength within himself to stand up for what he believes in and for what he knows to be true, and find the courage within to save the ones he loves.
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.
Crime; Death of a loved one; Good versus evil; Power and the weight of responsibility that comes with it.
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.
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 coarse language in this movie, including:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film features a diverse cast and a fast-paced plot that may be confusing to some young viewers but is likely to appeal to older kids and fans of Spider-Man.
The main messages from this movie are to trust yourself; that if you remember where you come from you will never be lost; that you should never listen to those who tell you that you don’t belong; and that bad things are going to happen, they make us who we are, but that good things happen too.
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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