Lu Over the Wall (2017) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Lu Over the Wall is best for ages 7+. It's rated PG. Lu Over the Wall is a vibrant animated fantasy about a lonely middle schooler named Kai who befriends a musical mermaid. The film is rated PG for sequences of mild peril and emotional themes related to loss…

Lu Over the Wall is officially rated PG. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 7+.

Lu Over the Wall is a vibrant animated fantasy about a lonely middle schooler named Kai who befriends a musical mermaid. The film is rated PG for sequences of mild peril and emotional themes related to loss, environmental damage, and prejudice against merfolk. Parents should be aware that while the animation is…

There is no explicit sexual content. Very brief, non-sexual glimpses of a character's rear end occur during an underwater sequence, and the mermaid character appears without pants as part of her natural design, though no anatomy is ever visible.

Violence is minimal and fits the stylized, non-human animated framing, resulting in a severity discount. Peril includes characters being physically captured, threatened with burning, and the destruction of a village by rising water.

There is no profanity in the film.

There is no drug, alcohol, or tobacco use depicted in the film.

The film addresses mature themes including the death of a parent, the grief of being an outcast, and the tension between traditional village life and outsiders. These elements are handled with emotional gravity.

Lu Over the Wall runs 112 minutes, directed by Masaaki Yuasa, released in 2017.

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