Although it's rated PG, and there's virtually no strong language, sexual content, or blood, this adaptation of Yann Martel's bestselling novel has several very harrowing (especially in 3-D) scenes of storms, shipwrecks, the possibility of implied cannibalism, and zoo animals threatening humans and confronting, killing, and eating each other - all of which are likely to be too much for younger children (as are the themes of allegory and mysticism, which will require thoughtful parental explanation). Parents need to know that Life of Pi is an intense, emotional story of survival and triumph against the odds, with themes of faith, friendship, and perseverance.

Pi finds something very unsettling on a peculiar island.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Early in the movie, Pi's father makes him watch Richard Parker eat a goat (nothing graphic shown) as a lesson in the nature of wild animals. Pi is very upset after he kills a fish for Richard Parker to eat, sobbing at the idea of having taken a life. Richard Parker frequently growls, snarls, charges, and roars at Pi, which could scare younger children. Zoo animals confront, kill, and eat each other at very close quarters a little blood is shown, and the scenes are upsetting.

Later, another terrible storm nearly costs him and Richard Parker their lives. (Possible spoiler alerts!) Pi loses his family when their ship violently sinks during a raging storm at sea (huge crashing waves, chaos, etc.) he sees the eerie, doomed sunken ship under the water. Several very intense sequences with lots of action, peril, and emotional impact.

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