This movie is NOT for kids. Don't even think about taking your 10 year old to see it. Batman is a cartoon, but this movie is anything but funny. It is intensely dark, and scenes of violence occur from start to finish. More than that, main characters are twisted, in the serial killer sense. The hero characters are also driven by dark motives. This movie is likely to be a source of bad dreams for children. My wife and I stayed to the end, but we left feeling depressed by the whole experience. We enjoyed the last movie, Batman Begins, but we will be much more reticent to see any more in this series. If you must see it, don't take the kids. Seriously, I think the MPAA should have given this movie an R rating.