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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Violence

Synopsis

Dir: Steven Spielberg. Musical/Drama. Based on the stage play and book by Arthur Laurents. In the 1950s New York City, two teenagers (Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler) fall in love despite belonging to rivaling groups.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, ethno-cultural and sexual slurs
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - little blood and detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of death and corpses - some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Cycles of violence
  • Belonging and love
  • Rivalries

Classification rationale

Rated PG for violence

Classification date

November 30, 2021

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