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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance)

Synopsis

Dir: Bill Haney. Documentary. An account of Nobel Prize–winning immunologist James Ellison’s life and his groundbreaking contributions to cancer treatment and immunotherapy.

Content elements

  • One use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and developmental slurs
  • Frequent references to, and discussion of, terminal illness, dying, and death - some detail
  • Infrequent depiction of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Cancer research
  • Innovation in medicine
  • Coping with terminal illness

Classification rationale

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

Classification date

April 23, 2026

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