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Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

Parents guide

Inception

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

None
927 of 1137 found this to have none
There is a single kiss in a non-romantic context.
One character shows cleavage in some of the dresses she wears.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
362 of 577 found this moderate
A woman shoots a man in the leg, and another man in the room shoots her and two other men.
A man runs through a crumbling building shooting several attackers in the beginning.
There's a shootout in a street when a freight train plows through several cars, and a group of men fire guns at a taxi and van full of people. The people return fire and escape, ands several attackers are bloodlessly shot and killed.
There's a long sequence where people raid a base in snowy mountains, and Two men fight and one is thrown off balcony, and he lands in a snowdrift and kills the other man. He proceeds to move around the base killing more men and placing charges, and he ultimately detonates them, causing a massive explosion.
A man knocks another man off a snowmobile.
There's a chase on a hill and several men chase other men on skis, firing guns at them, and a few men are knocked off their skis and roll down the hill, unconscious.
Several men fire at an abandoned building, and people inside return fire, and one man blows up an attacker with a large grenade launcher.
A woman throws herself off a ledge, but is not seen hitting the ground.
There's a car chase shown intermittently in the middle of the film, where several men chase a van and fire weapons at it. Several cars crash, and the van flips over but lands right side up, and it continues driving. The van ultimately goes over the side of a bridge when more men shoot at it, and lands in water.
A man fights another man in a hallway, though this is brief, and one of the men kills the other.

Profanity

Mild
403 of 561 found this mild
At least 8 hells, 2 uses of asshole, 2 damns, 6 uses of "Goddamn," 3 uses of "Jesus Christ," 2 of "Jesus" and "My God" and 1 use each of "For God's sakes" and "God."
A few occasional uses of "shit", "crap" and "piss".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
351 of 485 found this mild
People drink wine and beer. Sedative medications and other mysterious concoctions are required to put people into these dreamlike states.
A character has lost his ability to dream normally, and so he repeatedly hooks himself up to delve into his own haunting dream world.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
318 of 516 found this moderate
Inception is an intense movie. There are many deaths including a disturbing suicide, a high-stakes espionage plot that has an exceptionally intense ending and much more.
Some concepts in the movie are potentially derealizing.
This film has an intense atmosphere throughout. The second half of the film is especially intense.
A van drives off a bridge and slowly falls toward a river.
In a dream, people hold a woman while another woman walks up and stabs her. She wakes up before you can see any harm done. This scene is unexpected and can frighten some.
A woman shoots a man's leg to torture him.
A train unexpectedly crashes into a car with people in it.
A street starts exploding (in a dream).
The action is intense at times. People die (see violence/gore).
The concept of the dream-levels in the movie, and the fact that you might not be sure if the characters are dreaming or not, might frighten some viewers.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • M
  • Austria
    • 12
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • PGAlberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario
    • 14ACanadian Home Video rating
    • GQuebec
  • Chile
    • 14
  • Czech Republic
    • 12original rating
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Ecuador
    • Not Ratedself-applied
  • Egypt
    • PG-13self-applied
  • Finland
    • K-13
    • K-12/9
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Hungary
    • 16original rating
  • India
    • UA
  • Indonesia
    • D
    • 16+streaming
  • Ireland
    • 12A
  • Israel
    • ALL
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Luxembourg
    • 12
  • Malaysia
    • P13
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Norway
    • 152010, cinema rating
  • Philippines
    • PG-13
  • Poland
    • 12
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 12+
  • Saudi Arabia
    • PG12
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • Slovakia
    • 12
  • South Africa
    • 13
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • 12
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 14canton of Geneva
    • 14canton of Vaud
  • Taiwan
    • 6+
  • Thailand
    • u 13+self-applied
  • Turkey
    • 13+
  • United Kingdom
    • 12Atheatrical rating
    • 12video rating
  • United States
    • TV-14DLV, TV Rating.

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