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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Mature Subject Matter

Synopsis

Dir: Clint Bentley. Drama. Based on the novella by Denis Johnson. In early 20th-century America, a logger and railway worker (Joel Edgerton) leads a quiet life in a rapidly-changing America.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of scatological slang and cursing
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - no blood, some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of injury and peril in the context of a natural disaster - some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Coping with loss
  • Isolation and loneliness
  • Modernity and the 20th century

Classification rationale

Rated PG for violence, substance use, and mature subject matter

Classification date

November 04, 2025

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