Characters demonstrate courage, perseverance, and teamwork, as well as humility and integrity. Romantic tensions ramp up in this installment. The action is sometimes rowdy, and camera movements/edits are aggressive, all of which increase the scary effects. So should kids going through an anxious time about unnamed terrors or unwanted separations, as one of the death scenes may be extra upsetting.
Young kids who don't understand the difference between fantasy and reality should stay clear. This movie features fighting dragons, tortured bugs, a huge booby-trapped maze, and an underwater horror show.
With each film, the scariness quotient increases. The fourth installment has two deaths (including a really sad one), scary creatures, some romantic yearnings, and edge-of-the-seat scenes.
Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the first PG-13 movie in the Harry Potter series (all based on the books by J.K.