Annie
Acceptable with guidance. Age: 6+. A Catholic review of this movie for parents.
Our review
Annie is an orphan who hopes her parents will come back for her. A very rich man named Mr. Warbucks invites her to his home for a week. He comes to love her, and she finds a real family. This is a cheerful musical about hope and adoption. A hard man is softened by a child, and even Miss Hannigan turns at the end. A parent should frame the drunken orphanage boss and one use of God's name in vain. The one age is 6, set by Common Sense Media's 6+; the USCCB rated it A-I. Expect a kidnapping, a chase up a drawbridge and adult smoking.
For parents
One age: 6, set by Common Sense Media's 6+ (USCCB A-I, MPAA PG). Things to frame: Miss Hannigan is often drunk and cruel to the orphans, adults smoke, and Common Sense counts one 'Goddamn.' Rooster kidnaps Annie and chases her up a drawbridge meaning to kill her. Punjab, a bodyguard, has mind control, healing and levitation powers that Common Sense calls a 'magical' Eastern stereotype, and the film's portrayal of him and the Asp leans on ethnic stereotypes. Talk about it: Why did Annie keep hoping? How did love change Mr. Warbucks? What does adoption teach us about God's family?