cathmom Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 figured I'd get a variety of opinions and average them LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 figured I'd get a variety of opinions and average them LOL! "Maria, Maria, Maria..." hehehehe I'd wait til they're in highschool maybe 16,17,18 around there. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 My ds (who will be 11yo next month) just watched it for the first time and he LOVED it. He walks around the house singing "when you're a jet..." Of course, quite a few things went right over his head. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Especially when it comes to musical theatre. My kids have both watched it, and I know they were under 10 at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I took my older girls to see it. I think they were 12 & 14 at the time. Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 3 You remind me that I let my oldest watch Grease with me at about that age - he loved the car race! :auto: Well, sounds like I could put it on the queue for my almost 13 and almost 11 dds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 My kids have all seen it, my oldest is only 10 so under 10 for sure. They may not fully understand it but they enjoyed it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Or were you trying to skew the average, Bill? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Or were you trying to skew the average, Bill? :) I'll never tell :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I saw it at 12 and found it very enjoyable and moving. I was also reading The Cross and the Switchblade at the time, so the gang fighting was tame compared to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I remember being shocked by the stabbing scene when I saw it first. Unless the child has seen a lot of violence on screen, I'd wait to 16 or so. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I had a mild obsession with it when I was about... 6? I had the Broadway recording on cassette (two cassettes!) and listened all the time, and then I got the video (probably on Beta, lol) and watched that all the time. I just loved it. I don't *think* it warped me for life! (And, of course, a great deal of it went over my head.) I let my kids watch it when they were pretty young too. And then thought, "Ack! I can't believe I'm letting them see ___" (whatever it was)... They don't appear to have been damaged either. ;) But they had recently seen Romeo and Juliet, and I thought we should compare. :) Ooooh, maybe we should watch it again soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I agree with Bill: 3....or younger even. Because at our house, we watch musicals all.the.time. The kids see and hear them from forever and they learn to love the music and they 'get' the other stuff as they are older. I can remember my dc loving South Pacific for years and years.....and then in their late teens watching it and finally 'getting' the racial stuff....and being amazed that they had never 'seen' that before, lol! So, yeah, with muscials......as opposed to other video media....we don't put an age limit on them. But then, I grew up watching them all and singing them all my life as well and it didn't seem to hurt me any. I do, however, remember music teachers being amazed at the number of songs that I could easily sing, like "Summertime and the living is easy...." It still amazes my dc, the number of songs that I know all the words to. Music knowledge is important in our house and I want my dc to know and love so many styles of music. Therefore.....no limit on ages for musicals here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 my dd watched it at about age 12 and absolutely hated the ending, that Tony died so in her mind that made her hate the entire movie. The other day I watched Romeo and Juliet and dd refused to watch it with me, she said she did not want to see them die at the end. She only wants happpy movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I was under 10 when I saw West Side Story. One of my babysitters was in it at the local dinner theater. She went to our church, and the church pretty much was the entire audience opening night. I saw Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel when I was 5. I didn't understand the whole thing at the time, but I still remember the whole thing. I have since seen other productions and know the story. However, the music always conjures up images of the original one I saw. All that to say, I need to go find some musicals on DVD's and start watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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