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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Not Recommended For Children

Synopsis

Dir: James Vanderbilt. Drama. Based on the book 'The Nazi and the Psychiatrist' by Jack El-Hai. In 1945, on the eve of the Nuremberg Trials, a U.S. Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is enlisted to examine the captured high-ranking Nazi defendants, one of whom is Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe).

Content elements

  • Frequent use of cursing; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence - no blood, little detail; infrequent portrayals of corpses - little detail, no blood; infrequent portrayals of suicide - some detail
  • Infrequent depictions of corpses in a WWII documentary context - some disturbing detail
  • Infrequent references to suicide, war, and genocide - some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Post-WWII justice
  • The Nuremberg trials
  • Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated PG for mature subject matter, coarse language, and substance use

Classification date

October 22, 2025

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