Not suitable under 10; parental guidance to 11 (violence, scary scenes)
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Children under 10 | Not suitable due to scary scenes and high level of violence. |
Children aged 10–11 | Parental guidance recommended due to high level of violence. |
Children aged 12 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: | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild science fiction themes, animated violence and coarse language |
Length: | 99 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Mutant turtle brothers Donatello (voice of Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu) and Raphael (Brady Noon) have spent all of their lives growing up in an underground sewer with their over-protective adopted dad, a mutant rat named Splinter (Jackie Chan). Their one-time venture into the outside world ended up disastrously and so Splinter taught them all ninja skills for self-protection.
Now teenagers, the turtles are naturally curious and keen to venture outside. They meet up with April (Ayo Edebiri), an aspiring journalist, who befriends them. New York City is in chaos, however, as a criminal named Superfly (Ice Cube), helped by his friends, is determined to rid the world of human beings. As it transpires, Superfly and his gang are also mutant creatures and the four turtles must either persuade them to stop their reign of terror, or defeat them. Much mayhem ensues.
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.
Science Fiction; Adoptive families; Ninjitsu; Acceptance.
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 a lot of violence throughout this movie, including many scenes of the turtles using their Ninjitsu skills of Katana swords, Japanese Sai swords, Bo staff, Nunchucks and throwing stars. There are many scenes of fighting, punching, kicking, explosions and aggression. Some examples include:
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:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is an animated, sci-fi adventure movie, in which the Turtles want to prove themselves as heroes in order to be accepted by humans. The film has quite a few underlying messages about adoptive families and the need to fit in as teenagers. However, it is also quite intense in parts and has a high level of violence. It is therefore not suitable for children under 10 and parental guidance is recommended for children age 10 to 11.
The main messages from this movie are that you can still be a hero even if you aren’t accepted; and the inclusion of others who are different.
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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