We took this movie out of the library when my 5 year old son found it - he loves detective stories. We all sat down to watch it together - parents, son and 2.5 year old daughter. Within moments of the movies starting the nice image of the little girl receiving a gift was broken by this scary peg-legged bat that broke forcibly into their shop with glaring face and razor teeth and kidnapped the father. As the story progressed over the next 10 minutes, the lost and crying girl is found on the street by the Dr. Watson-type mouse and he brings her to the mouse detective - a jumping manic character shooting guns and comparing bullet striations, all the while acting without regard for them. They did not really follow what was going on and both asked us to turn it off. My son then complained of the bat-face being stuck in his head and had trouble going to bed. The next day my son said he was "going to tell the librarian that movie should be PG-13!" While PG-13 would obviously be a high rating, I find the manic and immediate scariness a less than positive experience for young ones, and I'm not sure the story line was going anywhere I wanted them to go when older.
The Great Mouse Detective
(1986, Rated G, Family and kids, Starring Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin)
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Scary Peg Leg Razor Tooth Bat Kidnaps Father in first 5 minutes!
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This movie is great!
Anyone can watch this!
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funny
funny comedy of the 80s but all dogs go to heaven is better
