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All teen and kid reviews for Beowulf

Age
11
Average rating based on 24 kid and teen reviews:
  • 42% say violence is an issue
  • 29% say sexual content is an issue
Kid, 13 years old
September 15, 2009
 
Always great, always violent.
Great fantasy flick about brave warrior fighting evil demons, monsters and creatures. This is a great movie but anyone 10 and under can't see this movie.

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Teen, 14 years old
May 1, 2009
 
GORE!
brilliant movie but way too gory. beowulf rips out a dragons heart and isreally graphical. quite funny though in the cinima. when grendel wakes up and screams i jumped out of my seat! good for 13+ but in england it should be a 15 and a R in usa.

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Kid, 9 years old
July 9, 2010
 

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Kid, 12 years old
April 19, 2011
 
good movie but very violent

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Kid, 13 years old
May 11, 2009
 
so much blood and gore
i saw this when i was 8 (maybe 9). it was the first bloody movie that i had seen. and now it still is the most bloddy movie ive seen. (well maybe not i saw 30 days of night). even in the first 20 minutes theres gallons of blood because the grendle dude comes and he rips peaple in half and then pours the blood out of them. he chucks people at the cieling, steps on them, and throws them at spikes (remeber, all in 20 min.) then i kinda remeber angie jolie like all sexy and stuff. and then beowulf rips off his arm so he can stick it in the dragons body and rip out the heart. so beowulf dies at the end. should be rated r though because of all the blood. after i wacthed it my dad was like "wow i dont remeber it being so bloody."

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Teen, 15 years old
August 2, 2010
 
Should have been rated R!
We watched this in class after reading the book so that we could compare and contrast. It was nothing like the book and as I was watching I couldn't believe that it was rated PG-13! I have a strong stomach, but all the blood was making me queasy. There was also a lot of nudity. Should have been rated R.

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Kid, 13 years old
November 15, 2010
 
Come one folks! It's a good movie!
Ok, first, Angelina Jolie naked. SHE'S NOT! One, it's CGI and even in the film, she is wearing gold! Thin gold, I grant you, but gold! That counts! It really does! Besides the 1999 version of Beowulf really DID have a nude woman as the same character! This is tame compared to that! Another thing is the comparison to the book. I read the book. It was more gory and sexy than this movie will ever be! A true fan of ancient literature would love this film! At times, the characters do look like puppets, and this may take some of the emotion away, but this is still a story! I say that kids can hadle it, or at least mature ones, give it a chance! Do not forget to discuss the film with them!

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Teen, 14 years old
May 29, 2011
 
NOT FOR KIDS.
My rating: R for graphic animated violence/blood/gore, some nudity, alcohol use and a brief use of innuendo.

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Teen, 15 years old
March 22, 2011
 
Pervy Gore-Fest Nothing Like the Poem
To be honest with you, I hated this movie. I enjoyed the poem, but this is just a pervy, animated, gore-fest version! This is one of the most graphic, disturbing films I have ever seen and I would not recommend to anyone under 14.

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Teen, 13 years old
March 6, 2012
 
Couldn't believe it was PG-13
I didn't see the whole movie. Just saw some clips, and they were pretty much all a bunch of blood and gore. If there's nudity, and extreme violence, why the heck is it PG-13??!! MPAA is messed up. It was PG-13 only cause it was animated. But it was very realistic.

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Teen, 15 years old
June 10, 2011
 
ok
this movie is on for 9 year old because I think someone older already watch final destination(me) or Saw.I went in theater to see it with older and younger brother (he was 6 ) and my brother was 15.I think the action style looked like 300.Ok there's a little bit of blood but nothing really bad and watch out if u don't like nudity

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Kid, 12 years old
September 30, 2010
 
8+
Really good. A little too gory young children. The Images Are Scary.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Very Violent
I think Beowulf should have been rated R. It is one of the most violent movies i have ever seen. There is alot of blood and gore and oozing bodily fluids. But besides all of the violence it is a good story. it is supposed to be based off the epic poem, but i read it and it's almost nothing like the movie.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Wow..shouldn't be PG 13...

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
it was good

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Really cool
Don't agree with 15+. Loved the movie, go see it if you want a good time, but nly ses it if you have the stomach for it.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
A bit too violent but PG-13 suits it
It is violent and contains hardcore intercourse but is appropriate for kids. It's fun, It's fast, Its naked.

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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
 
DISGUSTING... not for kids
Well... where to start. I CANNOT believe that this was rated PG-13/12A. It starts off as a scene with everyone getting COMPLETELY drunk, and then Grendel come in and rips everyone's head off, with blood spurting across the wall. Then Beowulf is introduced, and he tells of his swimming race, which is shortly followed by a massive fight with sea monsters (EXTREMELY bloody) There is one bit where he slices the creature's stomach open and their guts spill out very graphically, he is swallowed by another, stabs his sword through its eye and emerges dripping with blood. Also horror is there, Grendel looks disgusting, dripping with slime and ear pulsating. Finally, there is also plenty of nudity and sexual references and discussions. I and my friends sat through about 15mins of this and then walked out (a first for me). Seriously, do NOT waste your cash on this junk.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
good
this movie was good. i thought the blood was worse than 300 but thicker! the begining was scary i thought because i do not watch that many scary movies but i love action packed. i thought the movie was great the only thing that turned me off was angelinas hair that wassssss soooooo wierd!!! GREAT MOVIE

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Are you SURE it isn't pronounced "Gay-o-wulf?"
I absolutely cannot believe I wasted two hours of my life sitting through this God-awful GARBAGE. Parents, if you want to waste your money on this, be my guest; but please, PLEASE don't take the kids. As seen in the trailer, Angelina Jolie is totally naked, plus in one scene Beowulf strips completely naked to fight "the monster." His "thing" is covered by obscure items, but his butt is shown throughout. Plus, the violence is way too graphic for this film to even be considered to be PG-13 instead of R in my book. Need I go on? Well, if I must...the dialouge is terrible, the actors' talents are wasted, the story is hokey and predictable, and the film droned on and on and on until the eventual suck-ey ending occured. Go see this for nothing more than to see the "Cloverfield" trailer, probably the most excting part in the whole time I was in the theater I went to. :( yawn...

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