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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Coarse Language, Violence

Synopsis

Dir: Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett. Comedy/Drama. Distanced from his Maori heritage, a teenager (Julian Dennison) learns that he must stand up for himself and his community.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatalogical slang, cursing ,profanity, vulgar expressions, and developmental slurs
  • Infrequent references to mental illness and suicide - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, most in a civil unrest context - little blood, some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Identity and belonging
  • Coping with loss
  • Courage

Classification rationale

Rated PG for coarse language and violence

Classification date

April 19, 2024

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