FernGully: The Last Rainforest
A fairy named Crysta shrinks a human logger and together they fight to save her rainforest home from a pollution spirit and encroaching machines. The environmental message is clear and earnest, but the villain and some peril scenes run genuinely scary for younger viewers.
Most comfortable for kids 6 and up; confident 8-year-olds will enjoy it most.
Scary imageryPeril & tensionViolenceLoss & griefBig emotionsBehavior modeledLoud or startling soundsFlashing lightsRomance & innuendoDrinking, drugs & smoking
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Hexxus is first released from the tree as a dark oily spirit, growling and expanding menacingly.
Hexxus performs a loud, unsettling musical number celebrating pollution and destruction that may unsettle younger children.
The logging machine enters the forest and begins destroying trees, creating an extended sequence of threat and chaos.