People on here are so over sensitive ya know?? 100% of parents think there is too much smoking drinking and drugs?? there is none of that stuff!! they just don't like it cuz there's magic in it :( soooo pathetic (not the movie)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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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
Riveting fifth movie finds Harry angry, brooding.
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 Order of the Phoenix
Parents need to know that even kids who can't read know about Harry Potter, and some kids who are too young for the content will want to see this fifth Potter movie (which is especially well timed, since the seventh -- and final! -- book hits bookstores July 21). As has been the case with each succeeding movie, as the central characters have gotten older and taken on bigger challenges, the themes darken, the danger becomes more intense, and the climatic battle scenes with "You Know Who" and his minions are downright frightening. Spoiler alert: There's a very upsetting (but bloodless) death of someone near and dear to Harry. As a result, he grows even more introspective and angry. At the very least, he does enjoy his first kiss (no spoiler to Potterheads), and Ron and Hermione continue their flirtatious bickering.
Read our full review by Sandie Angulo Chen
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the movies' increasingly mature themes as Harry grows into a full-blown adolescent. Why is Harry so angry? Do you think Harry and his friends act and feel like real teenagers? Also, even though this movie and the last one are rated PG-13, they're heavily marketed to younger kids -- do you think that's OK, or are the later movies too scary for little kids? Potterheads: What parts of the book were best depicted in the film? What got left out that you would have included? What scenes included heavy foreshadowing of things to come?
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Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it- My highlights are:
- Good role models
there's no drinking, smoking or drugs in this!!
Lives in PennsylvaniaI rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
Great Movie! If You Saw 4 And Could Handle It, You Can Handle 5!
Hey, first of all, I saw this IN THE THEATERS when I was nine. Of course my parents had to preveiw it but they thought it was fine and guess what it totally was! The violence gets a bit rough, but I could handle it. If you've seen number 4, you can handle number 5. 4 is much more scary than 5. I also know that all the stuff you all may have thought was "Unessesary and gross" was in the books, so it was nessesary. The movie is great and has turned into one of my favorites.
- Lives in OhioI rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
too much kissing scenes to take a kid under eleven.
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- Lives in FloridaI rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
Please Read This!
Ronald Weasley uses the British cuss word, bloody, in the movie and I think you should look it up in a British dictionary before you let your children watch this movie.
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| 100% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
| 100% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
| 100% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
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