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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Frightening Scenes, Not Recommended For Young Children

Synopsis

Dir: Ti West. Fantasy. Based on the novella 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. On Christmas Eve, a wealthy but heartless man (Johnny Depp) is visited by various ghosts (Ian McKellen, Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman) who try to give him a path to redemption.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of cursing and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, some in the context of child bullying - some blood, little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of frightening scenes and nightmarish imagery in the context of a redemptive fantasy - some detail

Thematic elements

  • Self-reflection
  • Redemption
  • Christmas traditions

Classification rationale

Rated PG for frightening scenes

Classification date

October 30, 2026

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