Arabian Nights (NR, 2000)
common sense media says
A fresh, but long, take on the classic stories.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this isn't a typically sweet fairy tale; this movie has mature content, including abusive husbands, adultery and revenge. Scheherazade inspires creativity and resourcefulness as she spins her magical tales, and helps her husband overcome his mistrust. Children are likely to be turned off by the nearly three hour length of this story, and it's best reserved for older kids and teens who will appreciate the mature themes, and root for the brilliant heroine.
Violence:
The heroine faces death almost continually from an abusive, deranged spouse. A giant demon at the beginning, two fearsome dragons (whose barks, apparently, are worse than their bites), spooky clay warriors, and other ghoulish creatures of fantasy populate this video -- although it's made clear that these horrors exist only in fiction.
Sex:
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Language:
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Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
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haddad fan
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
Hey,
Half of My Family are Arabians and Half of my Family are Armenians
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ajemman
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this is a must see movie not only magical content
This story is very interesting as it tells how the advisers daughter used her knowledge and skill in telling stories that later became very amusing to the viewers.Its very exciting because it depicts the culture of the people in other places of the world......hope you'll find time to watch the movie.
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PRMan
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A great take on the Arabian Nights stories
From a parents' perspective, there is no way I would let my kids watch this until at least 11 or 12.
I came here and signed up from Netflix because of all the negative reviews on this parental score over there. It's way too low.
Good movie, though, especially if you aren't that familiar with the real stories of Scherezade, Sinbad and Aladdin.
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Alan12
kid, 2 years old
kid, 2 years old
What are you People at Common Sense Media Thinking of?
The opening scene is a buxom woman extorting a man to make love to her while her husband is sleeping, otherwise she will wake her husband and have the other man killed. The man's response is to wrap his fingers around the woman's neck and violently strangle her. My confidence in Common Sense media is seriously challenged for them to rate this as appropriate for 9 year olds let alone give it 5 stars.
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Xreviewer
teen, 17 years old
teen, 17 years old
Better than you might think
Before you watch this movie, you might want to read the book that it's based on: The Shadow Spinner. When I first saw it, I was a little let down on how little it actually follows the story. That really doesn't matter however, as you may see.
As for any sexual content in this movie, well let's just say there's some passionate kissing, and a couple taking a bath in a bathhouse (no nudity). Other than that, it's not terribly inappropriate. A woman is married to a Sultan of Iraq in this movie who has gone mad. As a result, there are some voilent scenes with him slightly abusing her, and in Sharazad's (book name) stories. As for language, you'll find a few odd minor disruptions in there, but nothing too extreme. When it comes to alchohol, there's a man drunk in the story BacBac the Hunchback, but other than that, not too bad. Overall, this is a very long movie, but quite worth it. Although it may look a little cheesy at times, it teaches good morals, and shows how a madman can be turned sane again by a lttle comfort.
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