![]() ![]() One young boy is hit over the head, bursts into tears and runs off. At a children’s birthday party young children wear warrior costumes and wield inflatable weapons, running around hitting each other over the head and body.We see workers, equipment, machinery and a portable toilet cubicle flying through the air as they are sucked up into the aircraft. A giant flying magnet sucks up an entire research laboratory along with numerous workers.Younger children may imitate some of the violence. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.ĭespicable Me 2 contains frequent over-the-top cartoon style slapstick violence and peril but no death, injury or blood and gore. Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. ![]() Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another. It is up to Gru and Lucy to stop El Macho and save the minions. El Macho’s master plan involves stealing Gru’s minions and using them for his own evil purposes. It doesn’t take Gru long to recognise the owner of a Mexican restaurant, a man called Eduardo (voice of Benjamin Bratt) as the super-villain El Macho. Silas wants Gru to team up with agent Lucy Wild and go undercover as owners of a cupcakes shop, with Gru using his skills to determine which shop owner is the super-villain and then recover the serum. The serum is believed to be hidden somewhere in a shopping mall with the super-villain responsible masquerading as one of the shop owners. Silas informs Gru that a top-secret serum which can transform cute little rabbits into ferocious monsters has been stolen from a research lab in the Antarctic by an as yet unknown super-villain. Gru’s new life is turned upside down when he is kidnapped by secret agent Lucy Wilde (voice of Kristen Wiig), who whisks him away for a meeting with Silas Ramsbottom (voice of Steve Coogan), the head of the Anti-Villain League. Gru’s legion of yellow minions are also taking on babysitting and house cleaning duties and helping Gru develop his legitimate business - a new line of delicious jams and jellies. The film then cuts to reformed super-villain Gru (voice of Steve Carell), who now uses his talents to keep his three adopted daughters, Margo (voice of Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (voice of Dana Gaier) and Agnes (voice of Elsie Kate) entertained. material that may scare or disturb childrenĭespicable Me 2 opens with a top-secret research laboratory in the Antarctic being stolen by a giant flying magnet that sucks the laboratory up into the air and whisks it away.This review of the movie contains the following information: Researchers who focus on Children and the Media.eBook - Quality Play and Media in Childhood Education and Care.Working with your child and their Digital Privacy.Apps can track: privacy tips and checks. ![]()
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