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All teen and kid reviews for Watership Down

Age
12
Average rating based on 39 kid and teen reviews:
  • 82% say violence is an issue
  • 31% say there are positive messages
Kid, 12 years old
February 17, 2010
 
My advice - watch it at the age of twelve, no problems.

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Teen, 15 years old
May 24, 2010
 
A Beautiful Movie, Not For Children
A group of courageous rabbits set on a journey to find a new warren after their old one is suspected to danger by humans. Beautiful mastered animation. Violent scenes prove to be too violent for children under ten.

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Teen, 15 years old
March 17, 2011
 
O.o
This movie was weird. It was very voilent, had lost of bloodshed, and kinda freaked me out. There's one scene that really, really unsettled me. Truth be told, I'd never reccomend this film to anyone with small children. It's just. . . Creepy.

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Teen, 14 years old
November 21, 2010
 
a lot of bloody violence and the term piss of is mentioned onced

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Teen, 18 years old
November 12, 2010
 
Full of heart and emotion but VERY graphic.
Suprisingly this movie is indeed very graphic.We see rabbits killed on-screen and there are ALOT of bloody scenes.I would say,only for teens/adults who can deal with rabbits being beaten to death.Deffinately NOT for children.But overall the story has alot of meaning of life and morals.I cried on the ''Bright eyes'' scene where one of the rabbits are close to death and the so say,black rabbit is leading his brother to him.Very touching,yet very graphic.Lots of blood.And Quite disturbing for some viewers.

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Teen, 14 years old
August 6, 2011
 
Great but Scary
Although this is a thrilling and wonderful film, there is a lot of parts which may scare children under 12. I watched it when I was 10 and even then I was really frightened and was edgy&bad nightmares for a good few weeks. I would love it, if it wasn't scary and gorey. There is some bad language - a swear word used once or twice. Great film though.

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Kid, 12 years old
December 10, 2010
 
Perfect For Teens Who Love Horror Flicks, But A Big *NO* For Younger Kids
I don't even have to watch this movie to see how bad and scary it is. DEFINABLY not supposed to be only PG.

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Teen, 17 years old
August 20, 2011
 
Perfect Animated Film.
Fantastic film, but one of the goriest animated features I've ever seen. Don't let the trailer fool you, this isn't a children's film.

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Kid, 13 years old
April 13, 2011
 
Scary
This movie is very scary, theres lots of blood and rabbits dying in tunnels, the boss rabbit is twisted and evil and creepy looking, there is a scene where rabbit tunnel is being filled up with dirt and the rabbits are all crammed sufficating being barried alife, it was very creepy scene, the movie is really good but its very scary

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Teen, 17 years old
March 17, 2011
 
awesome for teens but not for all the little ones
i loved the movie when i saw it as a little kid i was like 7 when i first saw it. i thought the mean rabbit, dog, and cat were pretty scary then. but now that i recently found out it was based on what happened in russia because of stalin i thought it was mild compared to what he did to those people

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Teen, 17 years old
May 9, 2011
 
Loved the movie; the ending got me. And I love one of the quotes, "All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies, and when they catch you they will kill you. But first... they must catch you." Yes, it is violent sometimes but it really isn't all that scary. Want to see some seriously grizzly scenes in an animated movie? See Felidae; at your own risk. All in all, a great movie the kids will enjoy.

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Kid, 13 years old
March 20, 2011
 
SCARY SCARY SCARY. GREAT THOUGH!
It's an awesome story and super tone... but, I can't watch it! It is too horrible and scary and bloodsheddy and I can't even bear to think about it. The first time i watched it I had nightmares for weeks on end- maybe even a month. I'd like to watch it- but I seriously just can't. Way too scary. Sad, violent, and I hate seeing poor bunnies die or suffer :'( It's just too much for me. Sorry. It's super story though, don't get me wrong.

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Teen, 17 years old
March 27, 2011
 
most disturbing cartoon ever
this movie is way too violent to be giving the illusion that is like bambi this too much for me and i can stand gore and blood i would let any child see this let alone my friends this movie is way too disturbing

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Teen, 15 years old
April 12, 2011
 
this is a good movie but there's a lot of violence and bloodshed. there are some confusing, disturbing scenes but i really love this movie anyway

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Teen, 15 years old
July 12, 2011
 
Watch it.
This movie was one of my favorites when I was a kid. It's very violent, and definitely not for young kids, even though I watched it when I was about five because my parents thought it was a cartoon. I think the worst part is when one of the characters gets caught in a snare. He almost dies, but he ends up escaping. However, the imagery was very disturbing: the character started foaming and bleeding from the mouth and his eyes rolled back into his head. Another scene that was really disturbing is when one of the characters is telling the others about what happened to their warren, and it shows a bunch of rabbits trying to escape from their warren, only to find the tunnels blocked by the bodies of dead rabbits. Furthermore, this movie has great role models. The main character Hazel is a smart, diplomatic pacifist who only sends his followers into battle if absolutely necessary. Rather than starting an all-out war with General Woundwort, he proposes that they unite their two warrens for the good of all. Hazel always listens to the other rabbits and only occasionally dismisses his brother, who has prophetic powers. I don't believe that young children would get all of what happens in the movie, but it's still a great film.

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Teen, 15 years old
May 7, 2012
 
Disturbing!
I was totally disturbed by everything about it, and all I had to see was a clip and the theme song! To any overprotective individuals who think "Lion King" was violent (leave my TLK alone! XD), wrong again my friend. See just a clip of this and you'll know what I mean.

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Teen, 13 years old
April 25, 2012
 
disturbing and delightful at the same time
This has been one of my favorite movies ever since I was a child. But this movie is sertanly not for kids, I saw it when I was 3 and I'v been haunted ever since, and yet obsessed with this movie. The first time I saw It I had to cover my eyes when the scene "Bright eyes" came on. But for some reason I admired the black rabbit of death, he's so morbid and creepy yet natural. But getting to the point this movie is not for kids under the age of 10. It is violent and quite disturbing.

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Kid, 11 years old
January 4, 2012
 
NOT for kids under 13. VERY violent and disturbing.
This is a very gory film for teens and adults. I watched this when I was 11 and had nightmares and didn't sleep well for days. Lots of bloodshed, violence and gore.

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Teen, 14 years old
December 31, 2011
 
Way to much for a PG
What a surprising movie looks like a cute movie but then turns out violent and dark. Violence (red) almost gray. Rabbit characters die onscreen with a lot of bloody results. A rabbit is killed by a hawk offscreen two rabbits fight no blood is shown. Two rabbits get killed by a train. A rabbits neck is ripped of onscreen with a lot of blood and gore. A dog is unleashed and kills several rabbits one flings a rabbit up in the air and bites and throws a rabbit the rabbit is blood-covered and the most frightening scene is when rabbits are gassed underground. Sex: none language ( mild) a few uses of d--n and one phrase of p--s off. Drugs none. My rating (since this is supposed to be a kid film) . PG-13 (almost exactly an R) for sequences is strong bloody violence and gore, frightening images and mild language. This is like a 14 year old show.

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Kid, 11 years old
October 31, 2011
 
this movie dose not seem like it's; for kids
wow i have not even saw this movie but i want to be a vet when i get older, and i love animals i mean so much that if i was in a house about to die because a wolves on top of me and i have a gun next to me.... loaded, i will not shoot, i will die, because i love animals that much. this movie seems very disturbing and i think ill hate myself and cry for days like i do with anything including a bug die.

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