Is the new movie "A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carrey too scary for young children?

The movie "A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carrey is rated PG for scary sequences and images. The parental guidance advisory for this movie is as follows: Sex & nudity: None Profanity: "Hell" is said once or twice, as well as "ass" but nothing worse than that. Scary sequences and images: Yes Many of the reviews say that Disney makes it sound like this is a fun kids movie, but many of the parents that went to see it with their kids say that the trailer is very misleading.

This is not a movie for kids under the age of 10. It was called scary, intense and dark. Based on the many reviews, If your kids are under the age of 10, see something else.

Or pre-screen the movie yourself if you want to make sure for yourself. Hope this helped.

SPOILERS! (even though we already know the story and how it ends, just thought I'd throw that in. Lol) I took my kids (9 & 6) to see this movie last night.

Yes, it was too scary. I kept having to tell my six year old to close his eyes, and even then he could still hear the scary audio. It does have a good story, but even the dialogue is a little grown-up.

All the dialogue sounds British, and sometimes hard for kids to understand. I found myself re-telling my 9-year-old what the heck they were talking about on-screen. It was just a challenge for him to "get" the accent, and the culture difference.(i.e.

, I had to explain what a dowry was, among other things). I missed the opening because I was at the concession stand. So I'm not sure how scary that is.

The first Spirit (Christmas past) was creepy, not in appearance, but in his voice-over. Really hissy, whispery, snake-sounding in a very dark, creepy way. The second spirit (Christmas present) was very jolly and non-threatening initially (except for that ho'ho'ho-laugh of his got REALLY annoying), but when his time ran out on earth, he "died."

Under his cloak were two very creepy "children" who reminded me of Gollum from LOTR. One was a girl, want, and the other was a boy, ignorance, I believe. They morph into larger "people" and that whole scene was scary.

Then, when the spirit "dies" his flesh turns gray and... sort of, melts... off of his skeleton. Then his skeleton turns to dust, and the whole process is hard to look at. The third spirit, he never speaks.

He just points. He looks like the grim reaper. At some point (I was texting and sort of missed it), Ebenezer turns tiny and spends his time with that spirit while the size of a small mouse.At the end of his time with that spirit, Ebenezer is shown his tombstone, and then we see down the long tunnel that is his grave.

At the bottom is his coffin, glowing red with hell's fire, and Ebenezer falls down the tunnel despite his pleadings with the spirit to grant him one last chance. But as we know the tale, he wakes up in his room, and all is well from there. Then he starts spreading Christmas cheer, and all is well with Mr. Scrooge and all who know him.

A lot of the scary scenes are long and drawn-out, and there are also those shock images that make you jump. I don't think either of my kids really enjoyed it much.My oldest son understood the lesson, but... it was a hard lesson. Not a fun movie by any means.

We watched it at the drive-in, where you get two movies for one ticket. Although our primary reason for going was to watch A Christmas Carol, we ended up enjoying Blind Side much more.

The preview says it might be too intense for younger children. I know I am glad I am an adult because I want to see it. It is my favorite story too.

Disney's A Christmas Carol is definitely somewhat scary for small children, specifically, under the age of 8 or 9. Although the film has been marketed as a cartoon comedy, A Christmas Carol is actually a very honest retelling of Charles Dickens' original story, with only a few comic elements thrown in before the ending. For example, the film opens with a closeup of Marley's corpse, which caused some younger viewers in the screening I attended to look rather frightened.

When the ghost of Marley appears before Scrooge there are also some frightening moments, once again including closeups on his face. Lastly, near the end of the film, the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come can be startling. Overall, it's up to a parent's judgement, and it is a good film, but I don't think it was meant for very young children.

If this film is not recommened by children under 10 years old then why advertise the movie as pg, just slap on the 12 rating and be done with it . My 8 year old son was scared to death and he's not scared easily ... we had left the cinema within the first 20 minutes so wast of money . Don't take kids, teens + only.

I don't think I'd call it too scary. If you have really young children who are especially fearful, perhaps I'd screen the movie first if you're worried. However, it's a classic tale with a great moral and Jim Carrey does a brilliant job as Scrooge.

It depends on the age and the child in question. However it should be noted that even the original Charles Dickens novel isn't suitable for the very young. It contains ghosts, graves, death.. and other things that some children won't be able to cope with.

Its easy to look back on it as adults and mentally gloss over the scary parts and focus on 'how scrooge is now a goodie' but there is a quite a bit of doom, gloom and fear before we get to it.

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