The Meg

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

age 14+

Lots of shark-movie clichés and violence, not many thrills.

PG-13 2018 113 minutes

Parents say

age 11+

Based on 43 reviews

Kids say

age 11+

Based on 115 reviews

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age 6+

it was awsome

i loved the beach scenes, and the cgi was awsome and a little scary for my 4 year old son. there was little blood, and maybe 1 or 2 swears.

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1 person found this helpful.
age 6+
My daughter is 6 and is always asking to watch scary movies, she didn't find this movie too scary and it wasn't gory or inappropriate.

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