There is a scene during the opera where Carlotta is cast as a page boy, where a male cast member is looking up a female cast members dress. Some bare female midriffs in costume, some bare chested males in costume. As the phantom caresses Carlottas abdomen and hips, she leans back against him seductively. Near the end of the movie, the phantom tries to choke the main male character against a metal grate. The scar appears red and a little gruesome and may be scary for some younger audience. During the last opera, when Charlotte tries to lure the Phantom out, her hand rises to the Phantoms mask in mock affection and she rips off the mask. That may be disturbing for young children. You can see the victim gyrating in death while hanging on stage. There is a hanging following the opera in which the managers refused the Phantoms request to cast Charlotte as the lead and instead casts her as a silent page boy. Violence: There are scenes of violence, the main male character and the phantom try to get at each other throughout the movie.
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Visually the movie is appealing.ĭrinking/drug/smoking: The movie starts off with a lot of the cast members drinking/smoking and is sprinkled throughout the movie.
Some of the songs are amazing, others are just okay. It would be a good discussion point for older kids. There are strong themes of domestic abuse, but that was above my kids' head. Also, there is one explicit though bloodless murder, a second implied murder, and a decent amount of violence. But still, I wish I knew it was in there in advance. I didn't know that there was a brief shot in the background of a man mooning people. They agreed with Christine that his face wasn't so bad and talked about how he should have handled being picked on as a kid. We talked about how people treated him badly and his negative and unrealistic image of his own body. I also know it was a complicated plot and they wouldn't be able to follow the story on their own, so I talked them through it and we discussed how the Phantom didn't manage his feelings and made very bad choices. They are pretty good with movies that would be above the level of most 7 year olds in complexity and they like things that are just a little scary and gross, so I figured this would be OK.
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