Parent reviews for Avengers: Infinity War

because it is extremely long and the cgi special effect action scenes grow tedious. We saw it in a regular theater and my neck was killing me by the end. My 12 1/2 year old daughter cried--sobbed, actually--several times and my older teens were just sad. No one felt energized after this movie--definitely not a good birthday party movie for kids! I generally enjoy the Marvel movies but this conglomeration of characters made the plot extra choppy and the formula seemed to be sad moment, funny moment, battle scene. repeat for three hours. I do not understand how this movie is not rated R. It is much more graphically violent than, say, The Dark Knight Rises, and not in a comic book funny way. We see the main character, Thanos, strangling, impaling, and otherwise murdering and torturing people. The staging makes his actions seem especially depraved, and I, as the viewer, felt complicit as this was all being served up for our entertainment. It would have been very difficult for me to convince my kids to skip this, but I wish I hadn't contributed extra $$ to Disney's coffers for this effort. TIP: Stay through the credits for the final scene so you can tell your crying kids with absolute confidence that a sequel is on the way.

This movie is too violent to be enjoyable. Other Marvel movies had varying degrees of violence, but I've usually been able to look to the storyline and the messages to enjoy the film. The opening scene was so violent it just set the tone right there. Even though there are moments of humor and lightheartedness which I generally really enjoy in these movies, they are overshadowed by the excessive violence. I regret taking my 13 year old to this.

I liked it. Until the end. Which was depressing.

Yes, it's the culmination of Marvel movies to this end. And it does not disappointment. All the actors have with very little screen time but they shine. The humor is top notched and good jokes to remember. And yes, it's not bout the Avengers. This is about Thanos. He justify his actions to use the infinity stones for exterminating half the population, with the reason that it's to save the other half. And this may be surprising to many who had not seen him in the movie, but he make sense. We all know that earth and society resources are finite, and so mass genocide and conquering others is the logical only way for earth and society to survive. It's scary, really scary, and you may be convinced by Thanos and the Black Order. We may not want to go out there now and do genocide, but it'll not be because we don't want to, but because we don't have the will like Thanos. The moral foil to his justification hence fall on Capt, "we don't trade lives". With that 1 sentence, reason and humanity is restore. Even if it's not logical, not culling people gives us our existence purpose. Hence symbolically the only human able to resist the infinity gauntlet (remember even the Hulk cannot overpower Thanos, lesson here: willpower and moral strength is stronger than muscles) And the most disturbing part have to be when Gamora thought Thanos is defeated by the Soul Stone's wisdom, but even the most cruel tyrant love someone, and he loved her the most. And because of his unwavering will, he went ahead and kill her. This scene may scared most, maybe all children. Imagine, he only love his daughter, and he kill her, what about my parents? Please think about the last part before you bring your child to watch this movie. And of course the ending scene, friend see friend disappear, foster father see prodigy turn to dust. Existence erased just like that.... The killing of Gamora is to prepare us for more tragedy to come. Its too emotional and if your child emotion strength is not tested yet, don't test them at this movie. If pt 2 reversed the end results, then maybe it'll be better to let your child watch a test back to back.

MILD SPOILERS IN REVIEW We've been taking our son to Marvel films for the last couple of years (and showing some on video at home). To NOT take him to Infinity War would be torture! :) That being said, I expect that he will be sad at the end. Be prepared to talk to your kids about movie "death," and the fact that there's another movie coming in a year or two and remind them that the superheroes always figure out a way to save the day. Maybe talk about movies that made you sad when you were a kid, about the make-believe aspect of it, but also that you understand how they feel. When we really love a character, it affects us when things happen to them, good or bad. That's the sign of a really good story.

I found the film to be extremely violent and with a atmospheric darkness about it. There was a scene where a young lady is pushed from a high cliff plumiting to her death. At which point I had to ask my 10 year old to close her eyes as I saw how shocked she was. The opening scene also cringe worthy with how much graphic death scenes. In my opinion definitely not a film for little impressionable minds. Also a reference made to Jesus in sarcasm which was unnecessary and put a dampener on film for those who believe he is the real super hero.

It may have its bouts of language and yes it does have its share of violence. but to tell you the truth, I don't think it would be that bad to show this to someone at least 12 years of age who could handle it. Otherwise, It was interesting seeing this film unfold.

I almost didn’t take my child to see this movie due to the reviews here stating it was for teens or older children. But we talked about the fact of it being darker than the other movies & my child’s response was basically: “Of course it’s dark! Thanos is a really bad guy!” I’m glad we went. For comparison, Common Sense Media rates Guardians of the Galaxy at 12+, even though there is gratuitous revenge violence, sexually explicit content & a really creepy father-son issue. Wonder Woman was also rated at 12+, but the war content there is much more difficult to grapple with for younger viewers as the depictions of trench warfare are brutal & involve people, not just super heroes. Lots of innocent deaths there & in my opinion much darker because of that. There is none of that in this movie. There is some torture & a lot of death, but it’s all done on a comic book scale & there isn’t much in the way truly troubling violence (though there is some). The jokes are funny & kid-appropriate but funny for grown ups, too. Language is a bit salty, but if you’re not too concerned with that, then it’s fine. It’s definitely enjoyable & even though the end is a bit disappointing, it’s nothing a sequel can’t or won’t fix.

This movie has tons of action and violence a bit to intense for young kid. Totally recommend this.