Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 9 (sexual innuendo, violence, themes)
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Children under 8 | Not suitable due to sexual innuendo, violence, and themes. |
Children aged 8–9 | Parental guidance recommended due to sexual innuendo and themes. |
Children aged 10 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: | Trolls Band Together |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | Very mild fantasy themes and animated violence |
Length: | 91 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
When Branch (voice of Justin Timberlake) was still a baby, BroZone, the band he and his four brothers had formed, fell apart when they couldn’t reach the perfect family harmony. Frustrated by oldest brother John Dory’s (voice of Eric Andre) perfectionism, the siblings – ‘Heartthrob’ Spruce (voice of Daveed Diggs), ‘Fun One’ Clay (voice of Kid Cudi) and Branch’s favourite brother Floyd (voice of Troy Sivan) – all went their own way. Left behind with the important task of caring for their elderly grandmother, Branch waited for them all to return but when his grandmother was killed he was left on his own and his heart slowly froze until he truly began to believe that his brothers had forgotten him and, ultimately, that he had no brothers at all. Meanwhile, Poppy (voice of Anna Kendrick) and Branch are now in a relationship and Poppy’s best friend Bridget (Zooey Deschanel) is finally getting married to King Gristle (voice of Christopher Mintz-Plasse). John Dory crashes the wedding ceremony and returns with the news that Floyd has been kidnapped and is being held prisoner by singing sensations Velvet (voice of Amy Schumer) and Veneer (voice of Andrew Rannells), a brother and sister who are impersonating pop stars and stealing Floyd’s vocal talents while they slowly suck his life away. Branch and Poppy set off with John Dory to find Clay and Spruce in the hopes of creating the elusive family harmony that will shatter the diamond prison Floyd is held in and finally set their brother free.
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.
Perfectionism; Family breakdown; Entitlement; Greed; Fear; Self-preservation.
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.
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 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:
Trolls Band Together is an animated musical and the third instalment in the Trolls movie franchise. The film contains lots of bright characters, musical numbers and a sparkly, fast-paced (albeit predictable) plot. At first glance, it appears to be a film for younger children but there is a surprising amount of sexual innuendo that seems out of place in a children’s movie. While the film is still likely to appeal more to young kids, some of the content is questionable enough that it lends itself to slightly older audiences who likely won’t be that interested.
The main messages from this movie are that things don’t need to be perfect in order to be worthwhile; that we should not succumb to stereotypes or allow ourselves to be governed by fear; and that family is “always worth it”.
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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