The King's Daughter

Parents need to know that The King's Daughter is a romantic adventure-fantasy set in the real-life court of France's King Louis XIV (Pierce Brosnan) and based on the 1997 Nebula Award-winning novel The Moon and the Sun. Title character Marie-Josephe (Kaya Scodelario) is a great role model: She's a smart independent thinker who demonstrates humility, integrity, and the courage to stand up for her convictions. This isn't a religious film, but, as was true for the setting, many characters are devoted Catholics and speak often about God. However, these characters of faith are pitted against a villainous medical doctor, which results in the implication that science is dubious. The film opens and closes as if it's a storybook (narrated by Julie Andrews), which sets the stage that it's all a fairy tale, which helps lessen the impact of the violence, including gunshots. But discussion of killing and surgically removing a mermaid's heart may be upsetting, although nothing of the sort is ever shown. The king's womanizing is depicted through confessions that he "shared a bed," and, as this is a romance, there are also a couple of kisses.