Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 7 (mild scary scenes and violence)
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Children under 5 | Not suitable due to some mild scary scenes and violence. |
Children aged 5–7 | Parental guidance recommended due to some mild scary scenes and violence. |
Children aged 8 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 World Tour |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | Very mild themes, crude humour and coarse language. |
Length: | 91 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Trolls World Tour is a sequel to the 2016 film Trolls and takes us right back into that psychedelic, happy land where Queen Poppy (voice of Anna Kendrick) rules over a groovy bunch of Pop-Music Trolls who like to do nothing more than sing and dance all day. One day a message arrives for Poppy, it’s from a faraway ruler from another tribe of Trolls: Barb, Queen of the Hard-Rock Trolls (voice of Rachel Bloom). Poppy is so excited to hear that there is another tribe of Trolls living beyond the boundaries of their forest, even more so when her father tells her that there are many, many different tribes of Trolls, all with their own style of music. Meanwhile, Queen Barb is on a mission to take over all of Troll kingdom, turning every Troll into a Hard-Rock Troll, destroying their diversity and making them all the same. Although Poppy thinks she can change Barb’s mind with hugs, pop music and friendship – when she sets off to find her, things become more and more difficult as she sees the trail of destruction that Barb has left behind. Poppy and her friends travel through all the different lands of Troll Kingdom, determined to warn everyone and save them from being turned into Hard-Rock Troll Zombies!
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.
Diversity; Tolerance; Music; World dominance; Friendship.
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.
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.
There are some mild romantic 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 World Tour is a silly but fun film with quite a few laughs. It is full of great music that kids will love, and many adults won’t be able to resist tapping their feet too. The story involves the usual goodie vs. baddie stuff but the positive messages about diversity and tolerance shine through. Although there is not a lot that will disturb children over the age of five, parents should know that this is a very flashy, noisy and fast-paced film that some children might find a little overwhelming, especially if they see it on the big screen at the cinema, therefore, parental guidance is recommended for children aged 5 to 7.
The main messages from this movie are that the world is a better place if we can learn to appreciate the differences and diversity between us and live together in Harmony.
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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