My rating: PG-13 for intense violence, some frightening sequences and images, and brief language.

The saving grace of the Batman company

I think that this movie is a good pre-quel to the stories in other Batman movies. There is a fairly heavy Eastern religion influence(I wish I had known that going in). The movie is quite loud. Great car sceens! I also liked the bits of engineering for Batman's gear. My main objection is how frightening is is. The guy with the mask looks creepy--way too creepy. The fight sceens seem very real. When the crazy people are released from the asylum I was quite worried about the kids I was with. Older kids ok, but with parental discussion.

Suggested MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense violence, disturbing images/terror, and thematic content.

a good movie for your thrill seekers parents

very good movie lots of action 11 and over for mild violence and mild language if you liked this movie watch the the dark night its 10 times better

Batman Begins tells the story of a conflicted young man trying to deal with the idea of evil in the world after the loss of his parents. Because he overcomes his desire for vindictive revenge, Bruce becomes a better role model, but this film is still iffy on issues of social behavior because of the danger of children imitating the violence depicted. This film fits several of the criteria given on the Common Sense media violence checklist for whether media violence is affecting your kids. The effects of the hallucinogenic drugs were terrifying for an adult, I can't imagine a young child dealing with them. I would not recommend this film for children under thirteen, and young or easily scared teenagers would do better watching with an adult.

this a great film fill of awesome action sequences great acting and great characters. Micheal caine is brilliant as Alfred and Liam nesson is brillant as the villian. I love how it went deep into what made bruce wayne became Batman

really the only bad thing is some violence