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All parent reviews for The NeverEnding Story
Average rating based on 12 parent reviews:
- 50% say there are positive role models
- 42% say there are positive messages
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A movie about a book, that's based on a book,about the very book that the book is based on.
In the top ten of best movies ever made. This movie glorifies reading and turns every book into an adventure you'll never forget. It shows true friendship, and that sometimes life is hard and unfair (Example: the swamp scenes.) It also shows that we have to get up and do something, and not wait on others. Outstanding movie score. "Never ending" shows the main characters with great courage,even when it is hard to do so.Lastly the movie deals with justified payback, which is rightly deserved. (Hence the ending scene.) A powerful movie not just for the young, but the young at heart. I at 32 yrs of age still like to watch this movie on a rainy day with my kids.
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Perfect for those 8-10 year olds
My girls and I have watched this a few times. I don't think they got into it as much back when they were 5-6, but now at 8-10 they really enjoyed it
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Think twice before seeing with a group of children:
The scene with the Sphinx shows the Sphinx's naked breasts, which caused my group of 4th & 5th graders to "hoot & holler" with delight.
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It was a great story. It held my and my son's interest. The characters were wonderful, very imaginative.
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Yikes. I couldn't sit through this. My daughter seems to be engrossed with it but the mawkish acting, the shreiks of "nooooo!" against the fantasy world's many unfair turn of events, outdated visual effects, and large clumsy puppetry had me running for the kitchen and my dishes to be washed. I guess there's a message going on over there, but there's no way I'm going to sit through it to find out what it is!
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One of the Best!
This is a very good movie. It shows a child that it is ok to get lost in a good book. I does show the boy stealing something (the book) though so you may want to talk to your children about how that was bad. Overall this is a very good movie with a good plot, lovable charecters, and beautiful scenry.
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Scary Story
This film was much more dark in theme (and atmosphere) than expected. Beware!
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I enjoy this movie, but...
I can't wait for my kid to get old enough to watch it! I keep trying to watch these old favorites of mine hoping that he's old enough, but he just isn't (he's 4). This one's a definite hold off. I think it would go between being boring as all get out and terrifying for him. Although I thought the big "fight scene" at the end was a bit anti-climactic after all the hullabaloo on here about it. The blood was a bit much, though. There was some blatant commercialism at the beginning. I spotted wonder bread, skippy peanut butter, ziploc baggies, and sanka coffee in the kitchen scene between Bastion and his dad.
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Lovely family time watching the movie!
I've watched the movie today with my three children. 12 year old son got very sensitive about the loss of Atreyu horse companion. Both 9 and 6 year old daughters got frightened with the sight of the Nothing servant and his atack. But overall, the movie was delightful for them as it was for my husband and I when we watched it as teenagers, years ago.
My son read the book first, and got upset several times during the movie, and kept repeating "that's not the way the book said it happened". Nevertheless, I still think it was better to read the book before and to watch the movie later... it gave my son another perspective about the film.
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Lloyd Review
My daughter who is 9 did not like the movie because of the scary parts which included the wolf for the Nothing, and the horse being sucked into the swamp, she found it really sad. My son who is 5 3/4 said that it was a blast!
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