threat and horror

There are occasional fleeting scary scenes which include mild jump scares and brief, often comic misunderstandings around the introductions of various fantastical imaginary characters; these moments all have a reassuring outcome.

language

There is very mild bad language ('butt', 'God', 'hell' and 'damn').

rude humour

There is occasional rude humour, including a fart joke and a comic moment around an underdressed banana character.

theme

The film tackles themes of bereavement and the fear of losing loved ones in a sensitive and reassuring way, with undetailed references to cancer and other life-threatening illness. There are scenes of emotional upset around such issues as a young girl comes to terms with her grief and concerns for her family; these moments generally have a positive resolution.

threat and horror

There is very mild threat when an animated wolf captures a little boy; however the scene is brief and the boy soon wakes up safe in his bed.

additional issues

There are references to a family losing their mother, which is sensitively handled.

violence

During a fantastical duel, one person attacks another with a throwing axe, a flail and a trebuchet, but his opponent summons magic objects to deflect the blows. A person with magic powers zaps another with purple electricity. A dragon breathes fire at a man, who deflects the flames using a shield. There is also a brief sequence of mild real-world violence in which a boy elbows a bully in self-defence, leaving the bully's nose slightly bloodied. Other scenes feature very mild slapstick violence.

threat and horror

After developing magic powers, a comic villain attacks the heroes with fantastical weapons and bolts of purple electricity, and splits the ground to make lava appear. Scenes of very mild fantasy threat are broken up by comedy, however, and are always quickly and reassuringly resolved.

language

Bad language includes ‘oh my God’, ‘shoot’, ‘moron’ and ‘butt’.

sex

At a book reading, an author reads out a lovingly detailed description of his male hero’s glistening abs, pecs and nipples. Referring to a pair of crayons, a man brags, ‘Mine’s bigger!’. Another character looks jealous when a man innocently mentions having ‘stayed the night’ with a woman.

discrimination

A police officer repeatedly advises his partner to ‘humour the crazies’.

rude humour

A character briefly mixes up the words ‘complicated’ and ‘constipated’. A dragon burps, and a cartoon porcupine spikes a cartoon moose on the behind. During a prank call a boy puts on an ‘old man’ voice and announces that he ‘pooped his pants’.

injury detail

We see a small amount of blood under a boy’s nose following a scuffle. After an accident, a person holds up his finger to reveal a tiny spot of blood.

theme

There are brief references to a young boy’s father having passed away. The subject of bereavement is handled discreetly and sensitively.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

violence

Scenes include kicks, punches, energy blasts and explosions, and use of improvised and fantastical weapons. Some action scenes are intense and include implied injuries, but there is no strong detail and comic moments abound.

threat and horror

Characters are held at gunpoint, caught in explosions, fall from heights, and are chased. A giant laser threatens to destroy Earth.

language

Bad language includes use of 'bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.

discrimination

An unlikeable character makes a surprised remark about women being in the military.

rude humour

A man makes comic reference to having 'man boobs', and there is an oblique reference to 'manscaping'. Innuendo is discreet and comic.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

violence

A police officer ‘roughs up’ a man by dunking his head repeatedly in freezing water during a scene of mild comic violence. A little girl is casually kicked by her cruel guardian, but the blow does not appear to hurt her. Other scenes contain very mild slapstick violence such as comic knockout blows.

threat and horror

Two people are forced at gunpoint into a vault which then rapidly fills with liquid chocolate, threatening to drown them; they remain calm, however, and do not come to harm. In a short scene, disgruntled shop customers start a riot, smashing up the shop and setting it on fire, but again no one is hurt.

language

There is an implied, partial use of the term ‘arse’. Very mild bad language includes ‘damn’, ‘gosh’, ‘blasted’ and ‘jeez’.

sex

There are very mild comic sex references, such as when one man suggests to another that he could make his love interest ‘sigh’ by showing her ‘some thigh’.

discrimination

Jokes are made about the weight of a character played by an actor wearing a fat-suit.

rude humour

There is very mild toilet humour, including brief fart jokes and references to diarrhoea.

theme

There are infrequent very mild upsetting scenes, including ones related to past bereavement.

violence

Intense scenes of moderate violence feature battlefield action and fighting which contains crunchy blows, stranglings, slashings and stabbings with bladed weapons, and arrow impacts that produce occasional, stylised blood spurts.

threat and horror

People are threatened with bladed weapons and by fantastical creatures, such as orcs, massive elephantine beasts and water creatures, as well as ghostly entities.

language

There is infrequent very mild bad language ('damn').

injury detail

Moderate, stylised injury detail - such as the bodies of humans, animals and fantastical creatures, a severed arm and blood on weapons - features in the aftermath of violent events.

theme

Very mild upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement and the prospect of family members dying.

threat and horror

There are scenes of threat and horror, including jump scares, ghosts, demonic entities, and transformation scenes in which characters are momentarily possessed by supernatural entities. One scene includes the discovery of frozen characters and brief sight of a floating severed hand; however, there is no gory detail. In another scene, a human is frozen by a demonic entity who subsequently causes the man to shatter in undetailed fashion. The scary moments feature action and comedy throughout, and although child characters are involved there is an emphasis on their bravery and resourcefulness. A decomposed object turns out to be a human finger. There are also references to death and the afterlife. Small marshmallow creatures are melted in comic sequences.

language

There is implied use of strong language ("What the fudge is wrong with you?", and a reference to 'the f word'), as well as milder terms including 'son of a bitch', 'dickless', 'asshole', 'ass', 'screw', 'crap', 'God', 'damn', 'hell', 'moron' and 'dork'.

sex

There are occasional comic sex references, such as to a room resembling sex dungeon, 'hookers' and to feeling 'horny'. A picture on a wall shows a character tweaking a man's nipple.

dangerous behaviour

A small marshmallow creature briefly burns itself with a vehicle's cigarette lighter.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

violence

Scenes include battles involving bladed weapons, projectiles, magical powers, and hand-to-hand combat. In a battle scene a man is cut in half, but the moment is brief and undetailed.

threat and horror

There are sequences of threat in which people are held captive, threatened with knives, or pursued by creatures - including a dragon. There are also moments of horror involving magical beings performing spells, jump scares involving demonic entities, and an extended comic sequence in which corpses - some of which display gruesome injuries - are briefly reanimated.

language

There is use of moderate bad language ('prick') and milder terms including 'ass', 'shit', 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.

rude humour

There is occasional rude humour.

theme

Characters grieve lost loved ones.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

additional issues

There is occasional rude humour. Characters grieve lost loved ones.

violence

Spurts of blood result from shootings, stabbings and slashes with bladed weapons. People are tortured, including with a hot iron, and there is sight of hanging in an execution context.

threat and horror

A pair fights off frightening fantastical creatures when they attack. Scenes of knife and gun threat occur.

language

There is use of moderate bad language (‘bitch’, ‘whore’) as well as milder terms including ‘shit’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’.

sex

There are references to adultery, and a couple are seen in bed together after unseen but implied sex.

injury detail

Dead bodies are seen, and bloody wounds appear on people's bodies as a result of violence.

sex

At the finish of implied sexual activity between a man and a woman, there is brief sight of semen on the man's hand. There is a scene of moderate sex which features brief thrusting.

injury detail

Fantastical decapitations result in bloody images, including severed heads lying in pools of blood. There is moderate injury detail on the bodies and faces of soldiers killed in battle.

additional issues

There is moderate violence, knife threat, as well as threat of a fantastical nature - such as man's head suddenly bursting into flames. There are scenes featuring non-sexualised nudity.