Parents guide

A boy kisses a pretty girl on the mouth.

A boy stretched out his finger to touch the buttocks of the male protagonist's mother, but was verbally stopped by another boy.

A boy accidentally cuts his finger on a blade saw. Little blood is shown.

"Shit" "Damn" and "Son of a bitch" are used.

Elliot said "It was nothing like that penis breath!" to his older brother.

"God," "damn," "penis," "bitch," "douchebag," and "shit" respectively.

One character makes an anus joke about Uranus. This is mild innuendo and might go over the younger viewers heads.

All profanity is occasional, and most of it is mild.

E.T. is shown drinking many cans of beer and he and Elliot are shown to be intoxicated. Elliot starts to act goofy and burps numerous times.

A cigarette burns in an ashtray while several boys are the only ones around. Few seconds after you see it must've been the moms

E. T. himself could look very frightening to many viewers. His design and voice don't help.

The last 40 minutes are very emotionally intense.

Though not overtly scary, the film has many moments that could be considered frightening and intense.

The opening scene is quite intense. E.T. is chased through the woods by government agents, screaming the entire way. Intense music plays throughout.

Elliot's first encounter with E.T. is a bit of a jump scare. Elliot is searching through corn stalks, following E.T.'s tracks. When he finally finds him, both scream at each other and E.T. runs away.

Elliot later waits in a lawn chair outside of his house's tool shed, knowing E. T. is inside. After falling asleep, Elliot hears shuffling and sees E. T. slowly coming out of the tool shed towards him. E. T. Continuously stops and then suddenly walks closer and closer but doesn't harm him.

After Elliot introduces E.T. to Michael, Gertie suddenly walks into the room and screams at the sight of the alien. E.T. screams in return, and pretty soon everyone is yelling.

The second half of the film is much darker and intense than the first half.

After being on Earth for too long, E.T. starts getting sick. He is found laying in a stream, half-dead and pale.