content: Do not show this movie to your children unless you want to give them nightmares. It almost gave ME nightmares, and I'm an 18-year-old who just saw "Gladiator" for the second time.The tone of the film is dark, brooding, depressing, and invariably scary. Truly awful things happen to just about everyone. The nice farmer is horribly injured in a frightening accident. Animals die (or almost die) in gruesome ways. The farmer's wife is strip-searched in a scene reminiscent of rape. It's disgusting and frightening. This is rated PG?The film does look good, but what on earth were the filmmakers thinking? This is NOT a movie for children--or anyone else who even vaguely likes animals. There's a difference between a film with a dark side and a film that is simply sadistic. If you must satisfy your curiosity, please, please watch it by yourself before showing it to your children.