Parent reviews for Avengers: Infinity War

I had expectations, I really did. Thank goodness there's another part coming, because this part was an ultimate scarring experience. This is absolutely one of the most horrific movies ever released. Obviously too much violence, too much of everything. The battles were too easily won. It takes away any meaning from the idea of power. And honestly, Marvel made a huge mistake in making Thanos so ridiculously powerful for no reason at all.

I took my son to see Iron Man in the theater at age 5 and he was good in that. Quiet, into the film, loved it. I would not take him at age 5 to see Infinity War. I watched as several parents brought in small children to see this movie. A 3 year old boy was too young to pay attention and needed a phone distraction or he got fussy. The 5 year old girl in the row ahead of me was just as quiet and into the movie as my son was years ago at the same age... But at the end of it she was in tears and needed A LOT of consoling. At risk of spoilers, a big chunk of heroes die in this movie and it does not have a happy ending. If you love your kids, don't take them to see this unless they're okay with watching the hero they love be killed. Side note if their favorite character is Loki, for sure do not take them. Something horrible happens in the first like 10 minutes and you have 3 more hours of it. Age 7 or 8 if they're mature, but probably wait for age 9.

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.

In my opinion this is Marvel’s most epic and darkest entry in it’s long line of superhero movies. From it’s brilliantly choreographed, heart-pounding action scenes to it’s hilarious character interactions ( especially between Thor and The Guardians Of The Galaxy ) Avengers: Infinity War will satisfy any superhero enthusiast. The part that really stood out for me was how the Russo Brothers portrayed Thanos: A menacing, but genius villian with motives that leaves us philosophying about our existence. The movie enables us to feel a sense of justification for his actions due to his tragic backstory, which makes him an amazing antagonist. The emotional factor in this movie may be overwhelming to some people under the age of 15, thats why I recommend a more mature audience who understand the basics of the word genocide, famliy, sacrifice etc. A must watch!

I watched it first with my boyfriend, before allowing my kids dad to go with my 7 and 5 year old to watch it... well that was a mistake. They couldn't handle their favourite superheroes getting beaten up, I got it wrong and thought they would be okay. They made it through the movie and are glad they saw it, but my 7 year old cried and he is not generally phased by violence in Marvel movies. My 5 year old got a bit scared near the end and fell asleep. Probably best to wait til this goes to DVD and watch with younger ones so you can skip bits/shield their eyes for a few scenes.

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.

I will say I have limited knowledge of the Marvel characters but love the Guardians and more recently Black Panther movies. I took my 9 and 13 year old. It was fun seeing all the characters together but they didn't really bridge the gap between, "the Avengers aren't on speaking terms" to " oh hey thanks for showing up". It was very violent (which you expect) but this was long and sustained violence throughout almost the entire movie. My 9 year old said this is not a movie I will watch again. I say this should be rated R because the psychological content was very intense. How a movie is rated should be more than how graphic the sex and violence are. Watching 2 hours of genocide, fighting, torture (a father torturing his own daughter and killing another!) leading up to the bad guy winning with an apocalyptic ending was too much for my little one. We didn't really get a chance to talk about it afterwards and process it. We finally did a couple of days later after another seemingly benign children's movie suggested the main character might die. She was sobbing and I was able to bring up Avengers and let her deal with that. I felt a little like I did after the Black Swan - just whoah. You have to know your kid ultimately and do allow time to discuss afterwards things that might seem heavy for them. These are very intense concepts for kids to deal with.

Went to see this opening night with a friend. In the first 5 minutes of the movie, one of my favorite characters (and also a big fan favorite in general) is brutally murdered in probably one of the most graphic deaths in the mcu. More deaths happen as the movie continues, and in the end only half the characters are left alive (and the last death scene is tragic beyond belief). This was a theatre full of adults, mind you, and most left crying or numb with shock. Went to see it for a second time, and a few families had kids under the age of 10, several in the costumes of their favorite characters. They all left crying. Just saying, if you’re kid isn’t emotionally mature enough to handle the emotional wait, please don’t take them. Also mild profanity, on level with the GOTG movies.

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.