Classification Criteria-Universal

Universal Classification:

• Suitable for anyone over 5.
• Positive moral framework, children should be introduced to good moral values through the message of the film.
• There must be reassuring counterbalances to any threats on the screen, so that the children do not get too scared.
• Suitable for children to view alone, they should be able to understand and follow the film without parental help and should not feel threatened in any way.
• There should be no bad language, drugs, sex/sexual references or discrimination as this may potentially upset the child or influence bad behaviour.

Universal classified film: The Lion King

This film fits the criteria of universal as there is no bad language, sex/sexual references, drugs or discrimination. It is a film that is suitable for anybody over 5, children or adults alike. Anyone over this age can understand the film, even children, without having an adult near them in order to ask what is happening and why. Any threat that is posed in the film is balanced out in the film, for example when Mufasa dies the lion cub is there to balance out the threat. There is a positive moral framework given by this film such as when Simba is nursed back to health.