Robin Hood
Acceptable with guidance. Age: 6+. A Catholic review of this movie for parents.
Our review
Robin Hood is a clever fox. Greedy Prince John takes too much money from the poor people of Nottingham. Robin and his friend Little John take it back and give it to people who need it. Good Friar Tuck helps the poor too, and everyone waits for the true king to come home. This is one of the few Disney cartoons with a good churchman in it. Friar Tuck quotes the Gospel and thanks God as if he means it. Robin's stealing needs a short talk, and there is a drunk gag and plenty of arrows and swords.
For parents
G, and Common Sense Media says five and up. Greydanus at Decent Films says Kids & Up and warns of mild animated action and brief comic inebriation. Things to know: fights with arrows, flaming arrows, swords and axes. Characters are held at knifepoint. Prince John plans to hang Friar Tuck, and there are references to a noose. Prince John keeps hitting Sir Hiss. Sir Hiss comes out of a barrel of ale drunk. Little John, dressed as a woman fortune teller, stuffs coins down his front and guards wolf-whistle. A line calls the Crusades 'crazy.' Robin steals, lies and wears disguises. Greydanus notes the film only shows him taking from Prince John, whose rule and taxes it marks as unjust. Ask: is it stealing to take back what a tyrant took? Why is even the snake shocked at hanging a priest? What does Friar Tuck say about the widow's last farthing?