I love this movie, and highly recommend it - but my daughter won't be seeing it for a long while yet. Also, I can't believe noone has mentioned what an amazing character Susan is! Not only is she an incredibly strong, responsible, intelligent and no-nonsense female character, but she actively teaches these same values to the children she babysits. The central theme is the importance of belief, which is relevant not only to children and/or the religious (in fact it is not presented in a religious way at all). Hogfather is the fourth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any.
That said, teenagers old enough to deal with the violence and the sophisticated themes are likely to enjoy the irreverence and off-centre nature of Pratchett's humour. Author: Terry Pratchett: Published by: Penguin Books Ltd. Someone, or something, wants the Hogfather out of the way. But this Hogswatch, they may have to wait quite a while.
People are murdered, and whilst the character of Death is played for laughs (to an adult audience), children may find the image of Death-dressed-as-Santa rather disturbing. The Hogfather - a jolly fat man, dressed in red - is distributing presents from his flying sleigh and all the children wait to hear trotter-beats on the roof. Parents should know that this is NOT intended as a kids' movie. This is a fantastic film in every sense of the word - it is long, but as a very faithful adaptation of a Discworld novel, it needs to be.
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