• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Those unfamiliar with Don Quixote might get lost.

Why We Rated This for Ages 8 and Up

The good stuff

• Educational value:

  Based on Miguel de Cervantes's book, Don Quixote, DONKEY X is meant to be the next adventures of the errant knight through the eyes of a donkey. Viewers may be inspired to read the book if they have not already been introduced to it.
• Messages:

  The noble quest of a knight is to save ladies in distress, conquer evil, right wrongs, etc. Don Quixote, however, is insane, so he does not always make the best choices. Conversely, women are not portrayed as being noble. They are generally presented as harpies and nags. There are some crude bodily sounds and an image of a horse peeing in the grass.
• Role models:

  Brave, courageous, insane -- Don Quixote is all of these things. He's also lucky, which allows him to achieve his quest, even though he lacks intelligence.

What to watch out for

• Violence & scariness:

  Swordplay is this movie's mainstay -- after all, what else should a knight errant be doing? But no gore, no death. Some horse-on-horse violence, with poor Rucio hung by his hooves in a stall and left to burn. He escapes and is fine, though.
• Sexy stuff:

  Considering the target audience, the amount of cleavage shown is over the top, especially when a character grasps her ample bosom and screams, "This is a real woman!" A steed claims to be a mare, feigning a fay accent and dressing in drag until he is found out by Rucio.
• Language:

  Two instances of the word "damn." Some direct language, like "cut the crap," "beat them, whip them, drag them."
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  A page pours wine for the Duke and Duchess.

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