To think I shouldn't buy this bargain?

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It's a DVD of Watership Down. Will I traumatise my kids by letting them watch it?

DH has never seen it and I reeeeally want to make him.

They'll never sleep again.

Doesn't this film have a U rating?

I think the classifier must have dozed off during the showing and afterwards thought 'a cartoon about bunnies, obviously that's suitable for all'.

Even if they pay you to take it away - say NO.

I think it's unanimous OP. Buy something else.

I'm still scarred from seeing it as a kid - and I watched horrors on my own as a teen

Nooo!

And there's a similar-ish film called Plague Dogs that's PG13.. DEFINITELY do not get either! I watched that for the first time as an adult and it makes Watership Down look like a Disney movie! It's traumatising :(

My dd watched it with me about a year ago. She is 9, so 8 then. I was bawling my eyes out having been traumatised by it as a child. She did cry a little. Knowing her personality, I didn't think she would have any long term angst from it. She got bored of it about 3/4 of the way through and never saw the end. The film really is proceed with caution and I don't think it is suitable for many children. She found The Good Dinosaur very difficult and doesn't want to watch it again.

I am 40 and I am STILL not allowed to watch it

What the actual fuck? Who is dictating to you as a grown adult what you're permitted to watch? How can you even post that like it's normal? It's not normal for someone else to decide what a middle aged woman can view.

Op, I watched it at about 8. It's fine, I wasn't traumatised, for the vast majority of us, It's just a sad movie. Sad, impactiful, but no more than that,I thought it a bit dull actually.

The book is brilliant though!

I never watched it. Read it book when I was about 12 and sobbed like a baby. I have the impression that the movie is worse. Don't let them watch it.

Noooooooooooo!

Oh get a grip blunt it was a joke

the book was aged at 13 and up.
its been a miniseries and a tv series as well.
closer to lord of the rings then peter rabbit

And I am NOT middle aged. My gran is 98 so I've got at least a decade to go until I hit that 😜

(That was a joke too btw)

My friend is a Social Worker and often jokes that parents who allow children to watch this and Bambi should be immediately referred.

I don't remember getting too upset watching it as a child. I was probably about 11 or 12 though and it came on the TV one Sunday afternoon. I do recall their being some grim parts in the film and the blood scenes and that still stands out to me. I don't really remember much else about it. I did buy the DVD years ago but then decided to put it away until the children were a bit older. They are 9 and 7 and still haven't seen it yet. I suspect they would lose interest as it will come across as dated to them .

I saw this at the cinema when it came out - I was 11. Would not inflict it on my children, and they are quite desensitised to dead bunnies, what with the cat being a bloody serial killer.

YY Briiiiiiight eeeyes, flaming earworm now.

Blimey, just done the maths, is the film really 40 years old ?

Fuck no. It's a horrible film.

I gave this to my uncle who was dying of cancer.

DH went to see it as a child and apparently was extremely traumatised... his parents still mention it, I think he was about 7

Sorry. Kids are 12 and 9.

Both like small furry animals.

Don't do it.

Get them the book, it's a much better option. 12 yr old should be up for it, and if a voracious reader 9 isn't too early. (doi I can date when I read it to Christmas when I was 9.5; one of a clutch of books given to me when I was visiting my granny and it was pointed out I'd better stop reading to save something for our long haul flight home!)

A friend of mine, a similarly voracious reader to me, saw the film at that sort of age, and never could read the book.