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Zero Dark Thirty
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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that, instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, you use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

A man who is being interrogated has his buttocks visible.

A man says that he is leaving his job as an interrogator and says that he has "seen too many guys naked."

A woman at a club wears a dress that shows cleavage

Violence & Gore

The violence in this movie isn't overly graphic, but it is dark, and gritty. Only about 7 people are shot onscreen. The only scene worth worrying about is the raid on Bin Laden's compound. 5 people are shot during this, each with a blood spurt. After they are dead, the SEALS shoot them again to make sure they are dead. After, we see each of them with a pool of blood around them.

In the first half hour there are some torture scenes, but they aren't very bad.

Profanity

30 f words but they are spread out throughout the 2 and a half hour running time, 10 scatological terms, 4 anatomical terms, 4 mild obscenities, 1 religious profanity, 2 religious exclamations.

Name-calling (garbage man, paper boy, bro, twisted, the girl.)

3/10-Two women drink wine at a restaurant.

A woman drinks after hearing that a friend was killed in a suicide bombing.

A man and a woman drink wine.

A man drinks a beer.

A woman drinks alone in a bar and other people are seen drinking around her.

A woman drinks alcohol and smokes a cigarette at a restaurant.

People drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes in a club.

A man smokes in several scenes.

A woman smokes cigarettes in several scenes.

Two women smoke.

A man smokes a cigarette.

This movie is based on actual events so there are many real and known incidents which have been shown in the film. The torture of detainees/prisoners might be disturbing. The explosions depicting actual events and people get shot and killed . This movie is quite dark and the last thirty five Minutes are very intense.

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Rated R for strong violence including brutal disturbing images, and for language
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