How is Watership Down PG?

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guidelines state that, while a U-rating means a film “should be” suitable for audiences aged four and over, a PG may be “unsuitable for young children”. Based on Richard Adams' novel, Watership Down follows a group of rabbits as they escape the brutal destruction of their warren and attempt to begin a new life.
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Is Watership Down Kid friendly?

Watership Down is a bit of a conundrum. The classic children's novel by Richard Adams, about a band of rabbits trying to establish a safe home in the English countryside, is a little too subtle and complex for (young) children. And the 1978 animated film is definitely too violent and terrifying for them.
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Why is Watership Down Rated U?

The film - which features the voices of Sir John Hurt and the late Richard Briers - received a U rating on its initial release for its "very mild language, mild violence and threat".
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Is Watership Down disturbing?

Seemingly everyone who's seen the animated 1978 adaptation of “Watership Down” has a horror story about how disturbingly brutal and violent it was. This is understandable and ridiculous. It's understandable, because the story is about rabbits, which we're conditioned to associate with Thumper and Peter Cottontail.
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Is Watership Down suitable for 7 year olds?

All of which makes it about right that the BBC has said that the version is not appropriate for very young children. Its recommended age range of 8 and above feels sensible.
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Is Watership Down TOO VIOLENT for its rating?



Is Watership Down for adults?

WATERSHIP DOWN was written for adults, but adolescents often find it more irresistible than their elders do.
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Is Watership Down appropriate for 12 year old?

Watership Down will delight all audiences, young and old! Violence/Gore: Several (animal) characters die by traps, predators, being shot, or being gassed, with varying degrees of description.
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Can a 10 year old read Watership Down?

For any child over 12, I wouldn't hesitate generally to allow them this read as it's pretty tame overall and I'm also not saying that children younger than 12 can't read this either, it just depends on the maturity and their level of reading.
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Is The Plague Dogs PG 13?

The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for mature themes such as animal cruelty, violent imagery, and emotionally distressing scenes. The Plague Dogs is the first non-family-oriented MGM animated film, and marks their first adult animated feature by the studio.
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What does U rating mean?

What does U mean? The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.
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How sad is Watership Down?

The Watership Down book ending is happy, but with a hell of a lot of darkness and sadness thrown in for good measure. So the whole story is about a rabbit called Hazel trying to lead a load of other rabbits to a new warren after his younger brother Fiver predicts something dangerous is going to happen.
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Is Watership Down middle grade?

Middle Grade Ninja: Book of the Week: WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams.
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Is Watership Down hard to read?

The narrator occasionally uses pretty difficult vocabulary, like mercurial and malodorous. Or any tough words that start with an M, at least. The narrator is super precise about the natural world, and likes naming each and every flower: pink lousewort, bog asphodel, hibbledy peonies.
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Who should read Watership Down?

Watership Down, which I would feel comfortable describing as one of the finest and most interesting books of the 20th century, is most accessible to older children and adults, despite having originated from gentle tales Adams told to his children on long car rides.
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Is the Netflix Watership Down violent?

Netflix has made a few changes for its own show. The original Watership Down movie is most known as the one that scarred many childhoods due to its major violence.
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Is Watership Down film on Netflix?

Watch Watership Down | Netflix.
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Is TV 14 the same as R?

An R rating is restricted and anyone under 17 years old must be accompanied by a parent or an adult guardian. No one under 17 is admitted in a NC-17 film. For television, a TV-14 rating is for a program requiring parental guidance and TV-MA is for mature audiences only.
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Why is Spiderman a 12A?

The reason for the 12 was that the film contained a level of personal violence and a revenge theme that went beyond what was acceptable under the PG level BBFC Guidelines of the time, which only allowed: 'Moderate violence without detail ... if justified by its setting'.
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What does a K+ rating mean?

K+: Some content may not be suitable for young children, usually those below nine years of age. There may be minor violence without serious injury, mild suggestive material, or minor coarse language that is justified by context. Equivalent to PG.
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Is Felidae rated R?

A animated R-rated murder mystery film about cats. It's a good movie, and much better than Cats.
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Is the movie dog sad?

While “Dog” is often funny, it's not a comedy. Though it's often sad, it's not a tragedy either. Instead, it's a sensitive, engaging, realistic look at what happens when a soldier's toughest battle starts when they come home.
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Why is it called Plague dogs?

Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.
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