Ingmar Bergman doesn't make movies that are overdone He distances himself enough to keep our interest, make the films feel realistic, and seem genius at the same time.
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The Seventh Seal
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Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 14. -
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Symbolism-filled classic a tough sell for kids.
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About The Seventh Seal
Parents need to know that while there are elements of the mystical here (and Death himself is a character), this classic will disappoint viewers expecting something like a horror-fantasy movie. It's wordy and philosophical, and it concerns the search for God and the existential dread that He may not exist. Traditional church-based Christianity is scorned by some characters. This film is not to be confused with the Demi Moore horror film The Seventh Sign, especially.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the many layers of symbolism, parable, and meaning here. Ask kids what parallels they see in Ingmar Berman's Middle Ages shown here -- the plagues, the fears, the predictions that it's the "end times" -- and today, when some predict pretty much the same thing. Is there a proof of God or salvation after all in the movie's plot? Do you agree with Bergman that artists and actors are closer to the divine than the priests and the heroic knights? For Harry Potter fans, how is the character Death the same or different than the one depicted in the "Deathly Hallows" story within the final book?
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Great movie. A crusader battles death in a match of chess. A woman has an affair with an actor and when the husband finds out he repeatedly says he is going to kill her. some medieval language, and a little violence. Beating, men march through a town during the Black death and flogg themselves (nonexplicit) and a burning of a teenager (offscreen) who is believed to be the cause of the plague. Great for older teens, also for younger kids although they want understand.
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