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Open Season

Age rating, content warnings & parent guide

2006

Is Open Season appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.

Ages 7+Source checked

Why this age? Frequent cartoon peril, hunting threats, chases, and mildly scary predator imagery may unsettle younger children, but the animated tone and reassuring friendship-focused resolution suit most viewers around 7 and up. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ.

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Age guidanceAges 7+
Strongest cautionsViolence 3/5 · Frightening scenes 2/5 · Strong language 2/5
Strongest positivesCourage & resilience 3/5 · Creativity & curiosity 3/5
Recommendation3/5

Courage & resilience; strongest caution: violence.

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What parents should know

Frequent cartoon peril, hunting threats, chases, and mildly scary predator imagery may unsettle younger children, but the animated tone and reassuring friendship-focused resolution suit most viewers around 7 and up. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ. Courage & resilience; strongest caution: violence.

Readiness snapshotAge guidance: 7+Main watch-out: Violence 3/5
Recommendation 3/5

Editorial rating

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Dickens & Rumi editorial
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15Evidence notes
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Oct 22, 2026Last updated

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Recommended age7+

Strongest cautions

  • Violence3/5
  • Frightening scenes2/5
  • Strong language2/5

Strongest positives

  • Courage & resilience3/5
  • Creativity & curiosity3/5
  • Good role models3/5

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What’s in it?

Death of a character1/5
Why this rating?

Themes of hunting are central, but no graphic animal deaths are depicted.

Strong language2/5
Why this rating?

Mild, family-friendly language.

Romance1/5
Why this rating?

Very minor romantic interest between animal characters.

Frightening scenes2/5
Why this rating?

Hunters, weapons, pursuit, capture threats, and dangerous wilderness situations may briefly frighten younger viewers.

Violence3/5
Why this rating?

Cartoon fights, slapstick attacks, traps, hunting threats, and repeated chases occur, with limited realistic injury and little lasting consequence.

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No concern recorded in these categories

These categories were explicitly scored 0/5 in the published review. This is not a guarantee that every edition or reader experience is identical.

Products & advertising · 0/5Sexual content & nudity · 0/5Alcohol or drugs · 0/5

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience3/5
Why this rating?

The animals face hunters and danger together, showing bravery through solidarity rather than facing threats alone.

Creativity & curiosity3/5
Why this rating?

The imaginative talking-animal world, inventive escapes, and improvised animal resistance strongly encourage playful imagination.

Diverse representation1/5
Why this rating?

Features a diverse ensemble of animals, though stereotypical animal archetypes.

Educational value1/5
Why this rating?

Light environmental awareness regarding human/wildlife interaction.

Kindness & empathy3/5
Why this rating?

Care, friendship, rescue, cooperation, and concern for vulnerable animals become major forces in the story.

Positive messages3/5
Why this rating?

It strongly supports friendship, cooperation, empathy, standing up to injustice, and respecting animals and their freedom.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

Characters learn to value cooperation and self-reliance.

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  2. How did the story handle conflict or violence? Did the characters have other choices?
  3. Which choice in Open Season would you have made differently, and why?
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