Despite the movie being PG-13, I started growing up with this movie when I was 6 years old. With a little bit of help from my mama, I understood everything happening in the movie fairly well. The only things I didn't understand were slightly more mature topics, but the movie does a wonderful job of storytelling through the visuals and music. I don't recommend reading too much into the movie, for example, trying to find logic behind a man living under an opera house without anybody trying to find him. I highly recommend this movie to those who have not seen anything Phantom-related.