Those Who Have Seen Captain America

I haven't personally seen it (sorry) but it is rated pg-13 and below is the parent guide on imdb and common sense media for it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/parentalguide

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/captain-ame...

Seems more like a teenager/adult movie and maybe some kids who are really into realistic superhero stuff. From seeing the other marvel comic movies (iron man, etc) I would say they seem to be geared towards teens/adults.

My 5 y/o daughter LOVED Iron Man I & II, she also begged me to see Green Lantern - which I would have complied if it wasn't only shown in 3D. She also loved Spiderman and Transformers...

I think it depends on the child. Super hero movies are not going to have explicit sex scenes and even cartoons have violence.

What matters MOST is that you watch it WITH your child and be able to explain things as they occur. So if you take her, go to the earliest showing so you can talk a bit while the movie is running - so she can ask you questions and you can answer her.

I am taking my 5 year old son to see it next week and he's so excited! I think it depends on the child not the age

Saw it LOVED it and will not be taking my 4.5y/o son anytime soon. He loves transformers but only to see them actually change so we made him a "transformers" dvd where we took those moments thru an editing software and made a montage of them changing and a few other cool action type things that we thought would catch his eye. I think Cap is more for 13+ there is nothing sexual aside from a few kissing seens and even those are innocent kisses (think 40's era) but there is a good amount of blow em ups and Red Skull is not easy to look at if you are not used to the story line.

We just went yesterday. While I don't recall there being anything particularly inappropriate for her age (although she might get a little freaked out when the Red Skull reveals himself), there also is nothing that is particularly age appropriate either, so I would not suggest you take her. She will probably be quite bored. The movie is mostly set in WWII era and there are plenty of historical references that she won't understand (like who Hitler is and the selling of war bonds, etc) and also characters that relate to other Marvel super heros that she may not be familiar with (ex: Howard Stark, who is Tony Stark's father...Tony Stark being IronMan).

All the humor is subtle (mutterings or brash comments made by a military colonel--TommyLee Jones) and she won't get it.

It was a wonderful movie. Just get a sitter and go without your 5 yr old. Our daughter is 10, and she enjoyed it. But at 7, I don't think she would have, let alone at 5.

I'd say it's rare for a five year old to enjoy a movie like captain America. There's a lot of long talking scenes that wouldn't hold the attention of a kid that gets bored. I will also say that the scenes where captain America is fighting bad guys are pretty cool and exciting (the nazis die-- but there's not any blood) but the big bag guy is called The Red Skull. He's pretty gross looking & a bit scary.

I think the genre is for teens and adults unless it's child- geared cartoon super hero stuff. My kids have no patience for the adult superhero movies, but they love the cartoons and campy 60's Batman with humor in it.

I think it would be too scary for a 5 year old. My 7 year old thinks movies like that are too scary but he's a very sensitive guy.

I think 5 might be a little young for the super-hero genre of movies. Now, I have not yet seen Captain America, but I imagine it to be along the lines of Iron Man, Spider Man, X Men, etc. & I didn't let my kids watch them until they were maybe 8-ish because there's just a ton of violence. I know 8 is still pretty young, but at that point they weren't watching Nickelodeon & Disney chanel exclusively anymore and just the commercials alone I think had desensitized them a bit. They're 10 & 12 now & I even hesitated to take them to this latest Harry Potter movie even though they've seen all of the others. My husband & I went to see it first to see if we thought they could handle it. There were a couple of parts that I found disturbing, but we brought them after discussing it & neither one of them was bothered in the least.

I've actually done a lot of research on this one because my 5 year old son is dying to see it. I've talked to numerous other parents who have seen it and it really comes down to your child. My son isn't scared of the red skull guy, but I suggest showing your daughter a few lengthy trailers of the movie online to see how she feels. I've heard there are lots of gun battles and explosions, no graphic sex or overly-sexual scenes and that it's actually very patriotic with a great anti-bullying message (this from commonsense media that I often don't really like). thete isn't a bunch of foul language, but at 5 they will miss a lot of what's going on. My guy is okay with that -saw Iron Man 2 last year, LOVES E.T, and liked Spiderman. There are many worse things she could see! If she will be enthralled enough with the superhero fighting bad guys stuff so that it carries her through the more plot-centered dialog scenes, she'll pribably be okay. Hit a matinee and let her put her head on your lap if she gets bored.

i think it really depends on the kid.... I have a 6 yr old who is obsessed with superhero and comic books. He went to see Thor earlier this year and LOVED it, still talks about. He has begged to go see Green Latern and no Captain America. His wants to learn about the "program that made him a superhero and how they made his sheild".
if your daughter watchs the cartoons she is used to the violence. I am not sure why people think catoon violence is ok, but shudder at real movies. We have talked to our son about the violence, he gets it is not real and no ok to do in real life. From what i have read this , like thor, is less "adult" as far as the sexual stuff, which Green Latern and X-Men had more of....
Go prescreen in on a date night... your know your kid best and you get a date night so BONUS lol