In The Event You Bring Your Children to determine 'War Horse'?

Steven Spielberg's new film, 'War Equine,' is accumulating the accolades and being recommended like a movie for the entire family. But given its subject material -- a boy surrenders his beloved equine Joey towards the war effort -- could it be really okay for young children? The film is ranked PG-13 for "intense sequences of war violence," but that warning in the MPAA does not start to cover the trauma that Joey (as well as several humans) undergoes. SPOILERS ahead. 1. Heartbreaking goodbyes. Albert (Jeremy Irvine) needs to market his equine, Joey, to some soldier headed for that front, but that is where it starts of a number of wrenching goodbyes as Joey is handed removed from owner to owner, all of whom forms an immediate bond using the noble creature. 2. Violence. This can be a war film and you will find several fight sequences, one of these so intense it may have been removed of Spielberg's R-ranked opus 'Saving Private Ryan.' You will find no overflowing braches or extreme gore, but several figures we have grown mounted on do meet their demise. 3. Human deaths. Talking about deaths, a persons dying toll is mainly made off-screen (a companion-in-arms is engulfed by gas, instructions involves talk about the dying of some other), however the war certainly got its toll. Even more youthful figures aren't able to escape, although their deaths are communicated with a few discretion. 4. Animal deaths. We will not spoil you whether Joey lives or dies, but he is doing endure probably the most extreme trauma any screen animal has ever needed to suffer. In possibly probably the most distressing, a stress-stricken Joey is entangled in barbed wire and not able to free themself. Bizarrely, this terrible scene creates a lighthearted exchange by which two soldiers from opposing armies interact to free him. You can argue in addition upsetting: Shots from the physiques of a large number of horses littered around the battleground or whenever a soldier is purchased to place Joey from his misery by shooting him within the mind. One prolonged animal dying particularly may have you sobbing your vision out. Main point here: Despite the fact that the film comes with its soaring, inspiring moments and a lot of glorious equine moments, it is too violent and intense for youthful children. Our advice: Don't bring anybody under 12. [Photo: Disney] The Very Best Movies of 2011 The Very Best Movies of 201150. 'Breaking Beginning཭. 'Transformers: Dark from the Moonཬ. 'The Tripཫ. 'Warriorཪ. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreamsཀྵ. 'The Iron Ladyཨ. 'We Purchased a Zooཧ. 'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocolས. 'Horrible Bossesཥ. 'Contagionཤ. 'Winnie the Poohལ. 'Win Winཡ. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spyར. 'Hannaའ. 'Extremely Noisy and extremely Closeཟ. 'The Interruptersཞ. 'Crazy, Stupid, Loveཝ. 'The Guardཛྷ. 'Captain America: The Very First Avengerཛ. 'The Ides of Marchཚ. 'Beginnersཙ. 'Martha Marcy May Marlene''A Harmful Methodབྷ. 'The Adventures of Tintinབ. 'Bill Cunningham NYཕ. 'We Have to Discuss Kevinཔ. 'Young Adultན. 'My Week With Marilynདྷ. 'Margin Callད. 'X-Males: Top Classཐ. 'Attack the Blockཏ. 'Shameཎ. 'Super 8ཌྷ. 'Melancholiaཌ. 'The Muppetsཋ. 'Rise from the Planet from the Apesཊ. 'Tree of Existenceཉ. 'Rango཈. 'The Helpཇ. 'Moneyballཆ. ཮/50Ə. 'DriveƎ. 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattooƍ. 'Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows, Part IIƌ. 'Midnight in ParisƋ. 'BridesmaidsƊ. 'The DescendantsƉ. 'War Equineƈ. 'The ArtistƇ. 'Hugo' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook