The Adventures of Tin Tin Review

The race is on…young journalist Tintin (voiced by Jamie Bell) and Captain Haddock (voiced by Andy Serkis) are on a mission to recover a treasure from a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor. However, they’re not alone, Red Rackham (voiced by Daniel Craig) was on the same mission, and he was very determined to beat Tintin and the Captain. The Adventures of Tintin is the first installment in the series, it is an adventurous, fun movie, with outstanding animation!

Rating: 4 out of 5
Release Date: March 13, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 10+
Sexual Content: None
Violent Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Excessive

See a clip of my review here, plus Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol

Talking Points:

Tintin was a tough, resilient character, who would do anything to help Captain Haddock reclaim his family fortune.

When Tintin was feeling down about himself, Captain Haddock told him, “There are plenty of people ready to call you a failure. Don’t say it about yourself!” Great parent/child conversation!

The animation was amazing, similar to The Polar Express and Disney’s latest version of A Christmas Carol.

Sexual Content: None

Violent Content: Excessive

• After being shot outside of Tintin’s door, a dying man leaves a message on a newspaper with his own blood.
• Onboard the steamer, thugs chase Tintin, while shooting him… bullets flying everywhere.
• Tintin has his own hand gun, and uses it when necessary.
• A flashback showed sword battles, with men being stabbed and hammered.
• Captain Haddock and Tintin were on a plane that crashed in the desert, Tintin was unconscious and headed toward the spinning propeller.

Crude and Profane Language: Mild

• Words,” d–ned” and “h–l” are used.

Drug and Alcohol Content: Excessive

• Captain Haddock was an alcoholic, which was very obvious, and comical throughout the film.

This was a hard movie to review. As I previously mentioned, the animation was unbelievable; it was a well done film, with an interesting and exciting storyline. However, this is an animated film which people tend to view as children’s movies. However, there’s an uncomfortable amount of violence with swordfights, gunfights and explosions. So before sending your youngsters to this film, know that Tintin has a gun, and isn’t afraid to use it!

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