Parents guide

A fully clothed woman kisses a scarecrow and grinds on it for a while and moans.

The only nudity in the film appears when an old "stag film" is seen, which is a pornographic black and white short from early 20th century. Brief female full frontal nudity and male buttocks visible, with lots of caressing but no penetration.

Pearl is seen in the bath in front of her father, her bare legs are seen but no nudity.

A woman kills a goose with a pitchfork offscreen. She's seen carrying its bloody corpse on the pitchfork to feed to an alligator.

A woman imagines her husband, who's in the war, exploding in a gory fashion. She is then seen popping an egg in her hand, letting it ooze in a mess.

Two women argue, eventually leading to the two slapping each other before one of them gets pushed against a fireplace and almost burns to death. She's seen later with half her face badly burnt and bloody.

Strong violence and gore.

One use 'whores' and 'harlot'.

Some brief smoking.

A woman drinks cold medicine, liquid morphine, intended for someone else.

A young woman considers killing her father.

Pearl's mental decline throughout the movie can be disturbing and unsettling to viewers.