Becassine: The Wackiest Nanny Ever

Mild peril throughout and some violence, but it's very cartoonish and slapstick. A man shoots his accomplice with a gun, but no blood is shown. A child is kidnapped by thieves and transported by motorcar but is eventually reunited with her family. A woman slaps a man with an umbrella in several instances. A woman holds two thieves by their ears, then slams their heads together. A ferocious bears chases a man, growling at him, until the man falls into a deep cave (but is uninjured). Two thieves club a man, knocking him unconscious. A pilot jumps from a plane, leaving a nanny and her charge alone, unable to fly. They crash but survive.

Very minor insulting language throughout, such as "moron," "idiot," and "worthless." Some gendered insulting language, such as a man calling a woman "a chick" or a "broad" in a way meant to be derogatory.

A man holding two cocktails implies a woman is drunk when he makes the joke, "From now on, we switch to fruit cocktails."

Parents need to know that Becassine: The Wackiest Nanny Ever is translated from the French book named Becassine: Le tresor Viking. Though the story is fairly simple and easy to follow, some aspects of it seem lost in translation; there's strange pacing, oddly phrased pop songs, and an overall awkwardness that makes the narrative feel jittery and haphazard, often like two different stories in one. There is some mild peril and a bit of cartoonish violence throughout -- a child is kidnapped briefly but reunited with family, and a man is shot but survives -- but the main issue is the overall off-kilter vibe and jumpy plot.

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