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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Frightening Scenes

Synopsis

Family/Adventure/Fantasy. Based on the book by Roald Dahl. A young boy (Jahzir Bruno) and his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader (Anne Hathaway).

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of mild profanity and cursing
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, some in a fantasy context – no blood, little detail
  • Frequent portrayals of frightening scenes, nightmarish images, and transformations in a fantasy context – much detail

Thematic elements

  • Good versus evil
  • The families we make
  • Teamwork

Classification rationale

Rated PG for frightening scenes in a genre context

Classification date

October 27, 2020

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