Parents Guide for
Se7en (1995) More at IMDbPro »

Sex/Nudity: 5

The gluttony victim's naked body is seen in autopsy, his genitals seen extremely briefly from a distance.

A man was forced to rape and murder a prostitute with a leather device that has a knife in place of a penis. The device is seen (non bloodied), and the man describes his traumatic experience (using the f-word)

Sexual references are made throughout, sometimes involving rape.

Violence/Gore: 8

Except for wrath, no murders take place on-screen, only the aftermath is shown but the crime scenes are usually very disturbing even if they aren't that graphic.

Gluttony: An obese man was forced to keep eating. The killer then kicked the man in the stomach which exploded. The mans body is graphically shown. Moderate.

Greed: A lawyer was stabbed and bled to death. You don't see the body, but blood is seen on the floor of the crime scene. Later in a some photographs you see the body.Mild.

Sloth: A man was tied to a bed for a year, and kept alive with an IV. When his body is shown, he is in such a severe state of decomposition and rot that everyone is shocked when he turns out to be alive. He has multiple sores, we hear that his brain has become mush, and that he chewed off his own tongue. Very, very disturbing.

Lust: A man is forced to rape a prostitute with a large bladed device. Nothing at all is seen, but the man later describes the event and the device is shown. This will disturb most viewers.Mild but disturbing.

Pride: A young woman had her nose cut off, and a phone glued to one hand and a bottle of medication glued to the other. She killed herself by ingesting the entire bottle of medication instead of calling for help so she wouldn't have to live with her face mutilated. Her bloody body is shown in a few shots. Mild .

Envy: A man admits to killing a pregnant woman by cutting her head off. The head is never seen, but a bloody box carrying the head is shown.Mild but disturbing.

Wrath: A man, in his wrath, shoots another man in the head. We see the victim being shot from a distance with some blood spraying.Moderate.

A man is shot in the arm. Mild.

Profanity: 9

There are 72 F-words and it's derivatives. Over 30 uses of s**t and most other cuss words are uttered a few times as well.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: 2

There are scenes of people drinking casually.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 10

The entire movie is about a sadistic murderer. Although only one murder actually occurs on screen, the crime scenes depicted are somewhat graphic and may be considered disturbing by many viewers.

The only murder depicted on screen is when a man shoots another man out of wrath. This is seen from a distance, however there is some blood spray.

A man kills a pregnant woman and her decapitated head is delivered to her husband in a box. Although the severed head is never depicted on screen, this scene is very, very disturbing and may be upsetting for many viewers.

Total: 33/50