Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox is a 2013 movie that is part of the DC Comics Justice League animated feature franchise. Unsurprisingly, these characters are also sold and marketed as action figures. The violence is unrelenting; the superheroes are in constant battle, including scenes in which Wonder Woman holds a severed head and also causes a death by hanging. A character is punched in the face until bloody and knocked out. A boy comes home to find his mother murdered as the result of a break-in. There is some profanity: "a--hole," "crap," and "hell." The mother of a superhero asks her son if he's gay and says that it's OK if he is. The superheroes themselves, for all their actions in the defense of the world at large, also display cynicism, short tempers, and a predilection to using violence to solve any and all problems.
Sexual
Content
The mother of a superhero asks her son if he's gay.
Violence
Frequent comic book/cartoon violence. A boy comes home to find the body of his mother, who was murdered during a break-in. Wonder Woman holds a severed head. She also causes a death by hanging. A character's face is punched until bloody and he is knocked out. A tsunami sinks a ship.
Language
Some profanity throughout: "a--hole," "crap," "hell."
Social
Behavior
One character quotes the serenity prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference." This idea is one of the central themes of the movie.
Consumerism
This movie is an offshoot of characters created by DC Comics and is part of a movie franchise. These characters are also merchandised as action figures, Legos, and birthday-party favors, among other things.
Drugs / Tobacco /
Alcohol
Batman's father drinks from a flask.
