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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Coarse Language, Violence, Mature Subject Matter

Synopsis

Dir: Gavin Lin. Mandarin-language Drama. An imprisoned woman (Ivy Chen) raises a baby in jail until giving the child up for adoption; she and her fellow inmates start a choir to put on a going-away concert for the child.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of cursing, scatological slang, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in the context of domestic violence - some blood, little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions in the context of illness - some detail

Thematic elements

  • The families we make
  • Life in prison
  • Motherhood and adoption

Classification rationale

Rated PG for mature subject matter and coarse language

Classification date

February 18, 2026

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