I love this movie. It is entertaining, funny, and overall enthralling. I highly reccomend it. The action is fun and the acting is great. Yes, it is long, but it's worth it. PARENTS: this is a very violent film; it is not a PG-rated family film; there's blood, dismemberments, and assaults. Please, watch it with your kids. Thanks for reading. -Movie Man
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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Common Sense says
Solid effort weighed down by bloodshed.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–14
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What Parents Need to Know
About Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Parents need to know that medieval graphic violence dominates this film, and that there are some particularly gory moments. The film opens with a painful torture scene, and later a man is burned to death. A man knifes his unsuspecting cousin, an illegitimate (and angry) half-brother appears, a painful childbirth scene (implied caesarian), a hanging, villages are destroyed, innocent children are threatened, explosions, a beloved character dies, and one nearly drowns. There is also an attempted rape, and a scary, creepy witch.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how Robin Hood's choices are often between the lesser of two evils. Do two wrongs ever make a right? (For example, robbing the rich to feed the poor?) How does the Merry Men's opinion of social justice change throughout the course of the film? What are the class distinctions, how are they portrayed, and how are characters treated due to how they are perceived by others? How does Azeem respond to the racial and religious intolerance he encounters? Other topics include the treatment of women, appropriate use of violence, and how the word "savage" is used in the film.
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Fantastic Movie! Fun for (Almost) All Ages! Very Violent, Though.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
An Enjoyable, Though VERY Questionable Adventure!
I was looking through some of my reviews and saw that my review for this movie wasn't complete. I must have accidentally pressed a wrong button. Well, here it goes. Sex, violence, and language are all huge issues. Robin is seen nude in one scene (his naked side and back are seen) as he emerges from bathing in a lake. The Sheriff of Nottingham has sex with many females (offscreen), though he is seen inviting them to his quarters and, in one scene, caressing a naked girl (and by girl, I mean girl) who is holding a blanket over her front. He attempts to rape Maid Marian at the end of the film. I guess that could also be counted as violence, which there is a lot of too. Though parts of the film are light-hearted, there are surprisingly graphic battle scenes that contain quite a bit of blood and some gore. Language consists of "a*s"s, "d**n"s, "bastard"s, and one unnessecary "f*ck" (which totally took me by surprise).
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Action Packed Adventure for ages 12 and up!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves contains plently of sex, violence, and language, making the movie not appropriate for anyone under the ages of 12 or 13 (it depends on your child). The whole movie is violent, and there are several frightening bits. Language like "blimey!" is frequent, until we get closer to the end and people start saying real bad words. The sexual content comes from, surprisingly, not Robin and Marain, but the Sheriff and Marian. At the end of the film, the Sheriff attempts to rape Marian in order to impregnate her, for, once he has a child of royal blood, he will be king. He doesn't actually suceed (the moment is interrupted by Robin crashes through a window), but he gets close enough. So, I'll leave it up to you on this one. But, in all honesty, you should probably watch this movie before deciding, because parental reviews really can't tell you a lot about this movie. You'll like it, but maybe your kids should wait awhile.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Entertaining and fun
This is definitely not an Oscar-winning film. That doesn't mean it isn't good though. It is entertaining and funny, and is really interesting. You really get engrossed by it. Kids 10 and up can handle the medieval violence, although you may have to explain a bit and have talk when the evil guy tries to rape a lady (nothing happens though) and it may just go in one ear and out the other.
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
If only...
I gave the "sex" column a red because this is the only issue that makes it not okay for one of my children. I think the older one may be able to handle that (the attempted rape)I don't recall that anything is really shown at that time.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
One of my all time favorites
This was a masterpiece with great performances by a lot of top notch actors. Romantic adventure, great fun and some humor. What's not to love?
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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| 100% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 100% | of parents say it's too violent |
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