Annabelle

Movie review by Jeffrey Anderson, Common Sense Media
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Common Sense says

age 17+

Bloody "Conjuring" prequel is scary, if not too original.

R 2014 98 minutes

Parents say

age 14+

Based on 27 reviews

Kids say

age 13+

Based on 112 reviews

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Community Reviews

age 14+

It’s good for ages 14+

There is some gory parts like a character gets stabbed. There is many frightening moments. But my 12 year old watched this and she was fine after.

This title has:

Too much violence
1 person found this helpful.
age 11+
People need to know that this movie is not as bad as Common Sense Media says. When it comes to violence there is only like 1 or 2 violent scenes but nothing worst then something you would see in a PG-13 horror movie. When it comes to the sexual content in this film there is actually none not one bit except when he kisses his wife but you see that in everything so it’s not bad at all. When it comes to language there’s really nothing except the word hell or crap. There’s no drugs or alcohol except wine. Overall this movie is not that bad with violence there’s no sexual content and no language. This movie is fine for people 11 or older
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Movie Details

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