realy loveble story just a little to violent to take kids under ten.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Excellent, but the PG-13 is accurate.
updated 06.26.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Parents need to know that this film has two deaths (including a really sad one), scary creatures, some romantic yearnings, and edge-of-the-seat scenes. With each film the scariness quotient increases. This movie features fighting dragons, tortured bugs, a scary huge maze, and an underwater horror show. Young kids who don't understand the difference between fantasy and reality should stay clear. So should kids going through an anxious time about unnamed terrors or unwanted separations, as one of the death scenes is upsetting. The action is sometimes rowdy, and camera movements/edits are aggressive, all of which increase the scary effects. One of the deleted scenes featured on the DVD shows teen couples after the Yule Ball getting caught kissing, etc., in carriages -- it's a little more sexual content than you get in the feature film.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the film's more mature content and who this movie is targeted to. Young kids are going to want to see this -- should the movie have been toned down or is the violent content appropriate given the age of the characters? For kids who read the book, which plot points got left out that you missed? Why do you think they left out the house elves? What role did they serve in the books? Cheating is rampant among the teachers and judges involved in the Triwizard competition, but not among the competitors. Why do you think this is? Does Ron have a right to be jealous if he didn't ask Hermione to the ball?
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Lives in OhioI rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- Lives in Maryland
- Lives inI rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
Recommended!
Very cool movie. There are other "magic-spell" filled movie in the world...and they seem a little lame on the abracadabra spells, but this film is not one of those movies. This is awesome in so many ways! The story line, and the visual effects are really cool and the acting was well done. But I hope audiences (most particularly girls) won't watch this film only for the reason that the actor who plays Cedric Diggory is also Edward Cullen in Twilight. Harry Potter deserves better credit than that.
- Lives in FloridaI rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
It shows Harry's arm cut open in 2 scenes, the graveyard and Professor Moody's office. It also shows the Avada Kadevera Spell, killing curse, 4 times in the movie, on Harry, the caretaker, on a spider, and on Cedric Diggory. Then it shows the Crucio Spell, merciless pain, being cast on Harry in the graveyard. Then it shows Wormtail cutting off his arm, very quickly, but it still shows some of it.
- Lives in Minnesota
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