![]() The scene is realistic and very emotional.Ĭhildren over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult. He is then shot and dies a slow death in Michael’s arms. When hunters attack a group of birds Mr Percival swoops down on them.Percival to fly out to sea and drop his father a line. It looks as though he is about to lose his father too but then Michael gets Mr. Michael watches from the shore as his father struggles and goes under. Hideaway Tom is thrown off his boat in a storm.Michael is threatened by hunters when he takes Mr Percival into town.Michael is forced to set his pelicans free and it is heart-wrenching watching him struggle with his desperate longing to keep the birds versus their need to be free.Maggie’s mother passes away and she and her grandfather mourn the loss.Michael’s grieving father tells the story of how Michael lost his mother and sister in a car accident.In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following: Material that may scare or disturb childrenĬhildren aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters. Percival flies at the hunters and tries to attack them after they shoot and kill a bunch of birds. There is repeated footage of this at different points in the film. Most are killed and others are simply left to die. Pelicans are shot from the sky by hunters as are other birds.Mr Kingsley peers into the storm trying to see a Pelican in the distance and it looks as though he might fall out through the window. A violent storm rages and a window is shattered in an office building.There is some violence in this movie including: Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world. Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another. He hopes that by sharing his past with her that history will not repeat itself and that his experiences will help her find her own way in a world far more complicated than it should be. Kingsley (Geoffrey Rush) with his granddaughter Madeleine (Morgana Davies) to whom he has been recounting his own life story. He returns to the remains of the shack many years later as the well-to-do Mr. Percival suddenly becomes a local hero, a series of events are set in motion and Michael finds himself leaving his father, his home and his heart behind. Percival returns, and he and Michael are inseparable devoted friends. Michael trains the birds to fly, teaches them to fish, and ultimately sets them free. The bird seems to sense that it owes its life to Michael and develops a special attachment to him that his pelican brothers Mr. Little by little they grow and thrive and a special bond develops between Michael and Mr Percival, the one whom no one believed would survive. Things look grim for the birds, especially the smallest one, but Michael cares for them and goes to extreme measures to keep them safe. ![]() Whilst exploring the sand dunes, Michael makes a friend of sorts in ‘Fingerbone’ Bill (Trevor Jamieson) and when he happens upon a nest of new born pelicans whose parents have both been killed by hunters, he vows to save them. He is unable to face people or deal with his grief, so he shuts them both off from the world. material that may scare or disturb childrenįollowing the death of his wife and daughter, ‘Hideaway’ Tom (Jai Courtney) takes his young son Michael (Finn Little) to live in a shack by the beach.This review of the movie contains the following information: Mild themes and occasional coarse language. ![]()
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