i think tis is a great movie beautifuly played
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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Gorgeous, but slow-moving and not meant for kids.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14–15
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What Parents Need to Know
About Memoirs of a Geisha
Parents need to know that while this film is beautiful, it's slow-moving and occasionally scary, not designed for young children. The film includes some images of streets under siege (China and Japan are at war), as well as tensions inside the geisha house (one character sets fire to the house, leading to some frightening images). The film begins with the traumatic scene of a young girl sold to a geisha house by her poor parents, and shows her upset when she's forcibly separated from her sister, who works at another house.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the film's portrayal of geisha life: it is mysterious but also difficult. How does the film both "westernize" its characters and "exoticize" them, so they are both conventionally sympathetic and stereotypically "inscrutable"? How is Sayuri's love for the Chairman a function of romantic conventions more than a substantive relationship between the two characters? How is the idea of the geisha associated with "submissive" and servile women?
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- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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every one
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Exellent Movie!!
Memoirs of a Geisha is a great movie. I would have to say that teens 13 and over should be able to watch.No child under 13 id have to say because of some mild sex and some sexually explicit dialouge.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
one of the worst movies i ever saw.
not what i would call a great love story. the love she has for the older guy (whom she never even calls by his first name) is nothing more than pure random infatuation.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Bla
Good movie.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
One of the greatest books I've read....
You wouldn't expect a male to read this book...but I did. It was one of the greatest books I've ever read. It's so hard to explain.... her life...it was just so inspirational. It shows how someone with so little can become someone so great. Some of it is a bit sexual and whatnot, but not much. And it's not like it's illegal, either. And just a note...a geisha is not a prostitute. They are entertainers...So stop with the stereotypes!
- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it
The movie was better
Sadly, it doesn't often happen, but the movie was better in my eyes due to the lack of explicit sexuality. The book contained a severe amount of explicit sexual encounters and situations. (Then again, do you know what a geisha is???)
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Book is better
I read the book after I found out it was going to be made into a movie. While not, as informative as the book, I found this movie was really fascinating. The sexual overtones are definately there. One of the geisha has an affair with a local chef, Syuri eventually loses her virginity to an older man. All and all, this movie is one that can best be understood by people who read the book, seeing that they pretty much understand what it is they are getting into.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
a beautiful film!
This isn't a kid's film, so don't think about taking your little children. There's a few nude scenes, nothing really explicit, just enough to make you cover your kids' eyes. Adults will love this, though!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
It was okay and I think that it should be rated at least 13+. A 13 year old(like me) will understand most of the stuff in the movie. It's not like they showed something a 13 year old wouldn't understand. What Kinda disapointed me was that they skipped parts of the story cause in the book at the end Sayure has a son then moves to the U.S.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Rather Pointless, if you ask me
I didn't enjoy this movie at all because of the following reasons: a)There was a very uncomfortable scene where the main character was assulted/raped-ish. b)There was a lot of "politics" in the way that the women ruthlessly insulted eachother. c)The selling of a woman's virginity is NOT RIGHT! The plotline was also rather dull-It was very much about the main character dancing and trying to maintain herself as the top geisha. I found it without much of a point.
- I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
The Cinemotography Was Off the Hook...Only One Word Describes It..Beautiful
This movie was excellent, but was better suited for Adults. I wouldn't recommend this movie for children under the age of 16. Parents would be pressed to explain the Geisha's role and why they sell their virginity. The partial rape scene, bathing scene among adults and the violence of the children being beat would have young kids asking why, why, why??? This movie is more suited for a mature audience. Otherwise the scenes, costumes and writing was excellent and this movie provides a great glimpse into the Geisha's role in Japanese's culture.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Amazing...
This is an amazing movie... it is absolutely beautiful. We know who will be taking all of the oscars this year. Highly Recommended!
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