Laika's latest is closing in on the lifetime grosses of several earlier studio releases, offering an early test of Fathom's first wide release.

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[–] 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

My 8 year old saw it last weekend. He covered his eyes for a few things, but he walked out of the theatre happy. I think the MPAA/PEGI play it too safe a lot of the time, kids are pretty resilient as long as you give them a happy ending. I tend to side with Don Bluth on that. For example, we watched Robot Dreams (2023) and even though it was a cute story with no wars or suicides and the ending was merely bittersweet, he still bawled his eyes out and was really broken up about it.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    kids are pretty resilient as long as you give them a happy ending

    I think this is the key.

    I took my 9 year old nephew to watch it and he loved it even though a few moments were intense for him.

    As others have mentioned there are some mature themes but it's not really gory or particularly scary. Ultimately it depends on how the parents have raised the kid and if they've talked about things like death and grief. My nephew has lost one of his grandparents so it's not like he's unaware of these concepts or doesn't still enjoy things even if it has elements that make him sad.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago

    So many human capacities need to be strained and developed just like muscles. If you've never smelled different flowers and figured out how to notice their differences, you just live with sucky olfaction. If you've never had a safe way to taste the bitterness of grief and process it, then the first time you lose someone for real you don't have that emotional muscle to actually grieve and move on. Stories like this have the power to humanize us on a subtle but crucial level.

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