Story

In My Little Pony: The Movie, Princess Twilight Sparkle (voiced by Tara Strong) is organising a Friendship Festival with the help of her friends Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Spike the Dragon. Ponies from all over Equestria are coming. Everything is going smoothly until Storm King (Liev Schreiber) and Commander Tempest (Emily Blunt) suddenly take over the festival. They capture the city and turn three of the pony princesses to stone. Princess Twilight and her friends escape, but they must travel across the Badlands to find the Queen of the Hippogriffs (Uzo Aduba) to save their home and their friends.

Themes

Separation from friends; getting lost; natural disasters (storms); crime

Violence

My Little Pony: The Movie has some violence. For example:

  • The villains attack the ponies and cast magic spells on the princesses, turning them to stone. Many of the ponies are shown locked up in cages.
  • Commander Tempest electrocutes many ponies with her broken horn.
  • There is a big fight at the end between the ponies (and their friends) and the Storm King. This fight includes swords, lightning, explosions and fire.

Sexual references

Spike the Dragon has a crush on Rarity and blushes when she talks to him.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

None

Nudity and sexual activity

None

Product placement

The movie is part of the My Little Pony franchise.

Coarse language

Nothing of concern

Ideas to discuss with your children

My Little Pony: The Movie is an exciting animated adventure for young children. The movie includes lots of catchy songs about the importance of being a good friend and being yourself.

Parental guidance is recommended for children under seven years, because of some scary scenes and characters. These scenes and characters might be particularly scary for children under five years. At 104 minutes, the movie is also rather long for this age group.

The main messages from this movie are about the importance of friendship and teamwork. The movie also emphasises being yourself and accepting who you are.

Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include kindness and bravery.

This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the consequences of using violence to solve problems.

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