This is a great Batman movie, and very entertaining. There's a little bit of violence (punching, gun-shooting, some explosion), but nothing graphic. Only two people die, and it is implied on both of them. Batman is a good role model, except for when he's a little bit harsh on villains. There's one partial nudity scene, but it's fairly mild. The worst part is there's quite a bit of swearing, some of it bad. But kids under 10 will be very scared of the Scarecrow villain, who uses fear toxin and a scary leather mask to make people scream. They also show what people imagine as they see him, which is often quite frightening (fire-breathing, bugs crawling out of his mouth, etc.). So except for some mild violence, language, and frightening scenes, it's great.
Batman Begins
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Common Sense says
Smart and entertaining, but also very violent.
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for Ages 13 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Batman Begins was written by Cynthia Fuchs
Parents need to know that this movie features hard and fast violence, martial arts and shootings conveyed through dark, abrupt, sometimes scary imagery. Less cartoonish than the Spiderman and X-Men movies, these scenes are loud and rough. The caped crusader's origin story includes the murders of his parents, his ensuing depression and attempt to shoot the shooter, martial arts training and fighting, frightening subjective images brought on by hallucinogenic drugs, brief debauchery (drinking, smoking, and swimming-in-a-hotel-fountain with vacuous starlet-types), an even briefer kiss with his romantic interest, a faux drunken speech, and some raucous driving in a seriously armored Batmobile.
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What’s the Story?
Traumatized by the murder of his parents when he was a child, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) loses his way. When tempted to assassinate the man responsible, Bruce instead watches as someone else guns down his parents' killer. Wayne then disappears for several years. When others try to recruit Wayne to join them in destroying Gotham City, in order to destroy its evil, Wayne instead returns to fight for her and rid her of the evil within. He enlists the help of butler Alfred (Michael Caine) and Wayne Enterprises gadgets-maker Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) in order to create the "image" of Batman. Intended to intimidate villains, the new hero wears an elaborate Bat-costume and drives a frankly awesome Batmobile, a futuristic all-terrain military vehicle painted bat-black and capable of all manner of vehicular acrobatics.
Is It Any Good?
A meditation on the different motivations for violence, BATMAN BEGINS is smart and entertaining, with some harsh action scenes. Bruce is full of grit and fury, a well as grim arrogance and a sense of comedy.
Self-righteous, flagrantly emotional as well as coldly rational, Batman's sense of mission aligns him with last good cop Lt. Gordon (Gary Oldman). It also means his methods aren't always so distinct from the criminals', but he is effective, as deterrent and as what Gordon calls "escalation." Both villains and Batman can only do more.
Movie Details
Studio: Warner Bros., Director: Christopher Nolan
Run time: 141 minutes
Theatrical release: 06/15/2005, DVD release: 10/18/2005
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense action violence, disturbing images and some thematic elements
Run time: 141 minutes
Theatrical release: 06/15/2005, DVD release: 10/18/2005
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense action violence, disturbing images and some thematic elements
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Cool Batman movie for tweens and up.
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Great movie, some parts might scare younger kids though
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
best superhero movie I've ever seen; great for tweens.
This movie is the best batman movie I've ever seen. I saw it when I was 11; but it's a little too scary for kids under 12.
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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- Good role models
Definitely a little rough for younger kids. There is one scene where batman is having a hallucination, and he "sees" bugs crawling out of another man's face. Similar hallucinations are found throughout the film. This film is much darker than its predecessors, but it makes it more of what DC comics seemed to want it to be. one of my favorite movies ever, but definitely not for younger kids. It's rated PG-13 for a reason, you know.
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I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Teens
This is a great movie, but it contains extreme action, violence, and disturbing images associated with hallucinogenic drug effects.
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
Definitely not a children's movie
While I like this movie, I have to say that it is indeed very violent, with some rather intense martial arts scenes and shootings, and disturbing scenes with one of the villians, Scarecrow. I thought that the movie was well acted and well planned out, though it was a good deal darker and harsher than a lot of other superhero movies.
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I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
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- Good role models
good for 6 and 7
i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
ok it was pretty violent and had alot of bad words and drug refrences but overall it was good but its just too violent for 4 and under i even got a little frightened from the violence these evil characters are nasty
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Great movie
This was a great story and movie. I would let anyone watch this.
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
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a batman that is good for kids
this was a really good movie that was less violent then the dark knight. this is a movie for 11 and up. there are some violence though.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Pretty Good Movie And On Or Good For People, Kids And Teens 10+ But Iffy For Young Kids 8-9 And Off Or Bad For Kids 7- Or 7 Years Or Younger
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Pretty Good Movie And On Or Good For People, Kids And Teens 10+ But Iffy For Young Kids 8-9 And Off Or Bad For Kids 7- Or 7 Years Or Younger
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Pretty Good Movie And On Or Good For People, Kids And Teens 10+ But Iffy For Young Kids 8-9 And Off Or Bad For Kids 7- Or 7 Years Or Younger
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Pretty Good Movie And On Or Good For People, Kids And Teens 10+ But Iffy For Young Kids 8-9 And Off Or Bad For Kids 7- Or 7 Years Or Younger
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Good movie
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
may scare kids 8 and under
may scare kids 8-
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I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
batman rocks!!!!!!
this movie is one of my top favorite movies it's so cool to much violence for younger children but a great movie for tweens and teens and my dad really like it (my mom did not like it as much she not in to batman lol)
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Excessive violence
GREAT!!
This was almost as good as the 2nd batman but definitely not as violent. I thought it was a lot scarier than the 2nd one, even with the joker!! Scarecrow is TERRIFYING but nothing a mature 11 year old can't handle. More complicated however and it is harder to see the close u violent parts of the movie.
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Great Movie
It was defiantly the best batman movie before the Dark Knight.
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