Parents Guide for
Mommie Dearest (1981) More at IMDbPro »

Suggested MPAA rating: 'PG-13' for Child Abuse, Language, Some Sensuality and Smoking.

A woman opens the shower doors, completely naked (nothing is seen except her shoulders and up) and she and a man start to kiss.

A young woman and young man kiss in private at a barn. They then start to kiss more heavily, the boy gets ontop of the girl, and starts to remove her dress. Her butt is partially seen, but they are interrupted.

A couple mild sexual references.

A very young girl is beaten repeatedly with a wire hanger and a can of cleanser. This is a rather long scene, very abusive and many may find it disturbing or highly unsettling.

A very young girl is verbally abused by her mother, who afterwards takes scissors to the girls hair, cutting much of it off while yelling at her.

As a teenager, she is slapped hard across the face several times, then viciously tackled and strangled nearly to death. This scene is at least 2 minutes long, and the strangling is very disturbing, as it is shown realistically, and in full detail.

There are brief mild uses of profanity throughout the film.

Atleast 30 various mild profanity used in total.

One F word is used.

Various characters drink large amounts of alcohol and smoke many cigarettes throughout the entire film.

A woman screams and abuses two young children in scenes throughout the film. An excessive amount of verbal, physical and phsycological abuse and torture throughout the film that may make many viewers upset, and many may find it highly unsettling or even disturbing.

Not reccomended for anyone younger than 14.