The Chronic Rift Network: Finding the Culture in Pop Culture!

We caught the movie on a late Sunday afternoon.  It seemed a little odd to be catching a movie then as the weather was so beautiful, but I knew by six-year-old would never let me hear the end of it as he's been counting down to this one.

As we waited for the movie to start, I checked out the reviews on Fandango and I was surprised and a little disturbed to read how so many people thought the movie was inappropriate for younger children dispite the heavy promotion geared that way.  The scenes they showed in the advertising, made the movie seem a little dopey. I was going more for the animation than for what I thought would be a good story.

It's a much better movie than I give it credit.  The directors of the movie, in their interview with Dan Persons, stated how they made every effort to make this movie distinct from their last film, Coraline. The movie definitely is different in many respects, but there is an underlining mature theme of pasts leading to issues haunting the main characters.

Considering what I read of the reviews, this is what I might caution some parents about when it comes to bringing their kids to the movie.  My six-year-old was able to handle it eaasily, but he's much beyond his age.  The horror elements are not that horrific and are rather funny.  Even the zombies, when they lose a limb, are able to and always do, recover them and attach them back.  Nobody is ever hurt or eaten in this movie.

I would recommend this film for the family with the caveat that if you have a child who isn't as mature, they might struggle with some of the themes of the film.