Parent reviews for Aquaman
Common Sense says
Underwater origin story has lots of comic book action.
age 11+
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age 12+
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age 10+
Based on 39 reviews
Great movie, lots of language
Enjoyed the movie, lots of action and typical action movie violence. Many many many instances of bad language - at some points seemed to be every other sentence. Even my teen commented on this. A scene in the opening of the mother/father lying in bed rubbing her naked pregnant belly seemed a little much and unnecessary but that was really the only content that was bothersome from that perspective. Overall a great movie, enjoyed the action and battle scenes.
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Aqua man
Action packed, some language issues. Grandsons aged 9 and 10 handled it well an enjoyed it immensely.
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Overdone CGI, constant fighting, predictable, plot holes, and generally cheesy. Prob fun for young kids but dull for anyone over 12
Don't expect same quality as Marvel movies. Like Justice League, this is filled with CGI, corny lines, C+ acting, and just lots of big battle scenes from beginning to end. No character development, predictable, etc. Movie could have been a 30 min tv show. If you have kids under 10, they'll prob like it.
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Awesome
A great story, and a lot of fun! I love Aquaman now so much! Definitely recommend it.
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the best family movie in 2018!
great movie, with great story and conflict. the message is deep and good. I highly recommend having a family gathering to discuss what is meant by the movie after watching it. Tell your kids that swearing is not something good.
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Best hero yet
This is a very action packed movie, some sensative mature material but not explicit kind. Violence and fights with some foul language from the start of movie till end of movie. The actors were perfectly cast. I loved this movie and will buy it. Only 12+ kids that are mentally matured should see this so they dont act out any of the scenes.
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First ten mins is pure violence
I had already checked out the reviews before taking my (almost 9 year old) son., so thought it would be fine. I was wrong. The first ten mins were so violent; machine type guns, fight scenes, doors being smashed into people’s faces and stabbing with a trident. OK, you don’t see blood - but there must have been about 15+ people beaten up or killed in the opening scenes, which is pretty full on and uncomfortable. We walked out after 10 mins and so did another parent in the cinema (her son was almost 10). We chatted outside and everyone agreed, including the kids, it was way too much. I would avoid this film with any kids under 12yrs. Plus the script and acting was already dire. Save your money x
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Beautifully created
Absolutely amazing. This is an absolute masterpieces and was beautifully created. Filled with action and adventure. Great storyline, unpredictable (which is nice), and excellent acting. Going to see again next week.
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This was truly an awesome movie, but definantly should not be viewed by some people.
There was some great humor added to make the movie more enjoyable and no inappropriate scenes.
Lots of violence though. Many people were killed, some brutally during action scenes.
There was definitely animal cruelty. For starters, all Atlantians ride animals that totally have no free will. Also, when Aquaman summons ( controls) all the animals in the end it really tipped me off the edge. Then the enslaved animals of both sides had to fight each other and many were killed.
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Very violent, lots of foul language, poor plot
Wildly violent. Stretches and stretches of thin plot and just violence and language. My 13 year old asked to leave.
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The movie is quite long, which usually means that it's good, but they stuffed a lot into it, and it was too much. Some of the lines were just lazy. The beginning was boring, but it got better towards the middle, and there was a good amount of language. Overall, if I were you I would skip the theater for this one. Also, it had some political, important lessons to stop polluting the oceans.
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Best Movie
It is a little violent but has a lot of positive messages and should be ok!
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Fun Action Packed Movie for the Whole Family
Easy to follow story, action packed, lots of positive messages for everyone. Towards the end, there's a scene with underwater evil creatures - kids who are sensitive to ugly monsters with lots of large sharp teeth, making screeching noises may be sensitive to this scene - it doesn't last too long but is very dark.
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What are we teaching our kids?
If you want to teach your children that men are in charge, young women must be sexy, mothers can't be sexy, and black people are the bad guys, go see this movie. I'm really getting sick of movies where the women are dressed like sex objects, and begging the man to save them, while the men (except Aquaman of course) are wearing full body armour, as you would if you were going into battle. There were some great scenes, but the overall message was a continuation of the misogyny rampant in our culture. I was happy to see the first female character was not shown with her chest bursting out of her costume, until I saw the young female's costume. Yuck. Wouldn't recommend it, unless you're going to discuss these issue with your kids. Only redeeming feature, the portrayal of what happens when one powerful person is in charge, and sends a bunch of innocent people into war for his own gratification.
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Mixed timeline in Aquaman
In Aquaman they said Arthur hadn't been to Atlantis and they mentioned him defeating Stephen Wolf from Justice League. But when Stephen Wolf attacked Atlantis in Justice league, Aquaman swam all the way down to Atlantis to fight Stephen Wolf. How did he know Atlantis then, when he didn't know Atlantis in the Aquaman movie.