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The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Common Sense Media Age 14

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Love can be enduring and powerful, not fleeting and fair-weathered. Also messages about teamwork, friendship, and the real meaning of family, and the story explores how jealousy can corrupt.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Both queens kill people in many different ways. A baby is burned to death in her crib. Ravenna can summon tar-filled death rays, while Freya commands ice to do her bidding -- like freeze people into a state of suspended animation or freeze and shatter them into pieces. The huntsmen army kills in battle. The goblins are large, horned, ape-like creatures that scarily scream and attack humans.
Sex
Ravenna plays footsie with her husband. Eric and Sara share intense gazes, kiss passionately, and make love more than once; in one scene, they're naked in a hot spring (bare shoulders, backs shown as they kiss, and in another, they undress each other while lying down (bare backs visible, side view of him on top of her).
Language
Insult words such as "ugly," "stupid," "idiot," "monster," "evil."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
The huntsman and the dwarves have a drink at a pub.
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