Not recommended under 10; parental guidance to 13 (disturbing scenes and themes)
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Children under 10 | Not recommended due to disturbing scenes and themes. |
Children aged 10-13 | Parental guidance recommended due to disturbing scenes and themes. |
Children over the age of 13 | 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: | Step Up: Miami Heat |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild coarse language and violence |
Length: | 99 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Step Up: Miami Heat is the fourth movie in the successful Step Up franchise. Miami Heat tells the story of Emily (Kathryn McCormick) the daughter of a wealthy developer, who is trying to make it as a professional dancer. Mr Anderson, Emily's father (Peter Gallagher) is unsupportive of her dream and wants her to give up dancing to be a part of his growing company. Emily's determination to dance puts her at odds with her father and family tensions rise.
When Emily becomes involved with Sean (Ryan Guzman) the leader of a dance crew called 'The Mob' she becomes inspired to use her dance in a more meaningful way - to give a voice to those who don't have one. However, when Sean and Emily's latest venture directly threatens Emily's father and his current development, things come to a head.
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.
Family conflict; social and political protest
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 eight, including the following:
The flash mobs by nature involve an element of surprise and the unexpected which could frighten some children. In some cases the dancers are also breaking the law. Children may be confused about what is real and what is performance.
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.
Children in this age group may also be disturbed by some of the above-mentioned scenes.
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 may also be disturbed by some of the above-mentioned scenes.
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 film.
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Step Up: Miami Heat is the fourth dance movie in the Step Up series. It deals with a dance flash mob that uses protest dance to give a voice to those who don't have one. It is likely to appeal to teens, particularly those who are dance fans, but may be disturbing for younger children who do not understand that the protests are really performances and who are likely to be confused about the motivation of the dancers. Parents may also be concerned about younger children imitating sexualised dance moves.
The main messages from this movie are to:
This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss the use of dance and other performance in social and political protests and flash mobs:
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