Not recommended under 5, PG to 7 ( Violence; scary scenes)
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Children under 5 | Not recommended due to violence and scary scenes |
Children 5-7 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence and scary scenesr |
Children 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: | Yogi Bear |
Classification: | G |
Consumer advice lines: | None |
Length: | 84 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Jellystone Park is under threat as dastardly Mayor Brown (Andrew Daly) threatens to close it down and sell it off to developers because the city has run out of money. Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) does all he can to keep the park open with the help of conservationist Rachel (Anna Farris) but to no avail. Yogi (voice of Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (voiced by Justin Timberlake) also try to help but their best intentions miserably backfire. All seems lost until the Boo Boo’s pet turtle comes to the rescue.
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.
The destruction of natural habitats and national parks for commercial gain.
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 slapstick violence and accidental harm 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.
Younger 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.
Nothing of concern
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.
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There is some name calling such as ‘dumb’ and ‘pighead’.
Yogi Bear is a comedy that may appeal to children aged 5 – 10. Younger children may find some scenes scary and the story may lack interest for them. There is a lot of slapstick comedy that children are likely to enjoy but may also imitate, so parents may wish to emphasise that in reality these actions would cause injury. The 3D effects do not appear to contribute greatly to this movie.
Values that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include the conservation of wildlife and national parks.
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