• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Movie-related activities, clips, and games best for tweens.

Why We Rated This for Ages 7 and Up

The good stuff

• Educational value:

  Some of the video clips posted on the site include learning about how movies are made: There's one about the making of a 3D movie and interviews with the actors behind the animated characters' voices. A few of the site's downloadable activities are also educational, such as foldable 3D models of characters and a diorama of a city.
• User-created content:

  Not an issue.

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Ginormica, who is a woman, is one of the main super hero-type characters and sends a positive social message that women can be strong, giant super heroes, too.
• Violence:

  The movie's theme -- monsters fighting aliens that want to take over the world -- may be scary for some younger children and is what in part earns the movie a PG rating for sci-fi action and crude humor.
• Sex:

  Not an issue.
• Language:

  None observed on the site. But "mild language" in the movie contributes to the PG rating.
• Consumerism:

  You can purchase tickets to the movie on the web site. The movie's "partners" -- including Hubba Bubba gum, HP, Intel, Kid Cuisine, Visa, and McDonalds -- are highlighted in their own section of the Web site.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Not an issue.

How safe is it?

• Personal privacy:

  Not an issue.
• Online interaction:

  Not an issue.
• Parental controls:

  Not an issue.

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