I was right. Though the movie DEFINITELY lets you know that Millard’s dad beat him, it does NOT show him beating him as a child (though there is one brief scene of abuse when Bart, played wonderfully by J. Michael Finley, is a man-sized teenager.) So, for my eleven-year-old daughter, it was fine. I would NOT take your kids if they are younger than nine or ten, are very sensitive, or have had ANY childhood trauma or abuse. That is my advice as a mom, but YOU know your kids best, so use your best judgment.