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Yet, Alice's adult son, Lucius (JOAQUIN PHOENIX), wants to do just that, but only to obtain medicine from a nearby town that might help save some of the inhabitants in the future. Everyone is against the idea, particularly when some livestock end up being killed and skinned, seemingly as a warning to stay out of the woods.
Not everyone is disappointed that he doesn't get to go, however, especially Edward's blind adult daughter Ivy (BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD). Since Lucius turned down her sister's romantic intentions, Ivy -- who's something of a tomboy and good friends with Noah Percy (ADRIEN BRODY), the village's mentally challenged resident -- is now determined to make the reserved Lucius hers.
With increasing incursions from the creatures in the woods, however, they have something more important to focus on than love. And when a person is severely injured and needs medicine that can only be found in an outside town, one of the villagers must make their way through the woods and contend with a potentially dangerous or deadly encounter with one of the beings.
The very young and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material will likely find it more disturbing, suspenseful and/or scary than other adults will. That said, various revelations/discoveries will make the material seem less that way in hindsight if explained and/or reinforced by adults to kids (meaning less potential nightmares when the truth is revealed).
A person stabs another person several times out of jealousy (with bloody results) and a person dies from a fall, while some dead and skinned animals are seen on occasion (as apparent warnings to the villagers). Bad attitudes are present, as are some tense family moments regarding recent and past deaths in families. The rest of the film's categories have little or nothing in the way of major objectionable content.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2004) (Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
*None
Moderate
Heavy
*Heavy
Moderate
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
Moderate
Extreme
None
Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Minor
Minor
Heavy
Moderate
Heavy
CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO
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(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
Reviewed July 29, 2004 / Posted July 30, 2004
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