Bolt
Acceptable. Age: 6+. A Catholic review of this movie for parents.
Our review
Bolt is a dog who stars in a TV show. He thinks his super powers are real and that his girl Penny is truly in danger. Out in the real world he finds he is just a normal dog. He learns that being loved matters more than being super. A hero loses what made him special and finds that loyalty and love are worth more. That is a humble lesson and the film tells it warmly. The opening TV-show action is loud and intense for small children, and there is a little bathroom humor.
For parents
PG, and Common Sense Media says five and up. Greydanus at Decent Films says Kids & Up and warns only of cartoon action violence. Things to know: the first scenes are the show inside the movie, with explosions, chases, laser beams and bad guys blown up. Common Sense Media says this can be intense for young or sensitive children until the film shows it is staged. Plugged In logs 'oh snap,' 'stupid,' 'gosh,' and a dogcatcher who cries 'Sweet Sister Francis!' There are jokes about dogs sniffing each other and drinking from a toilet. Mittens the cat runs a protection racket on pigeons for food. Ask: what did Bolt lose, and what did he find? Why does Mittens not trust people at first? Does God love us for what we can do?