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Tom Cruise, Sarah Wright, and Alejandro Edda in American Made (2017)

Parents guide

American Made

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Moderate
  • Violence & Gore:
    Mild
  • Profanity:
    Severe
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Moderate
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Mild

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
87 of 214 found this moderate
Neither of the sex scenes.scenes contains graphic detail. One of the scenes occurs on the pilot's seat of a plane in flight.
Barry Seal moons (shows his butt to) his family a few times.
There is a brief shot of an outdoor party where bare male and female backsides can be seen briefly.
A woman and man having sex twice during the movie. One time it contains sounds.

Violence & Gore

Mild
50 of 72 found this mild
Violence is mostly implied rather than shown visually throughout the film.
A car explodes and a man is killed. Not graphic
A man is in a car and another approaches with a gun. He points the gun at the window and the scene freeze frames and we hear a gunshot. The man is killed.
Barry Seal crash lands his plane on a neighborhood, he comes out covered in cocaine powder and unharmed.

Profanity

Severe
54 of 100 found this severe
65 uses of "fuck", and 1 use of "cunt". Several uses of "shit"
Before a character dies in a car explosion he goes in his car and drives he then sticks up the middle finger

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Moderate
44 of 70 found this moderate
Although this film focuses on drugs, little drug use is shown on-screen. However, there are several verbal drug references throughout the film, mostly for ironic effect.
Visual drug references (e.g. cocaine) are also present.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
45 of 61 found this mild
The freeze-framed gunshot scene may be frightening to some, but the freeze will relieve you sometimes.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13with warning
  • Australia
    • MA15+
  • Austria
    • 14
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 14AAlberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario
    • GQuébec
  • Chile
    • 14
  • Colombia
    • 12
  • Czech Republic
    • 18
  • Denmark
    • 11
  • Ecuador
    • 18self-applied
  • Egypt
    • 18+self-applied
  • Finland
    • K-12
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Greece
    • K-16
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Hungary
    • 16
  • India
    • A
  • Indonesia
    • 21+
  • Ireland
    • 15A
  • Israel
    • 16
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Lithuania
    • N-13
  • Luxembourg
    • 12
  • Malaysia
    • 18
  • Maldives
    • 18+
  • Malta
    • 15
  • Mexico
    • B15
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • New Zealand
    • R13
  • Norway
    • 9cinema rating
  • Philippines
    • R-13
  • Poland
    • 12
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 15
  • Spain
    • 16
  • Sweden
    • 11
  • Switzerland
    • 12
  • Taiwan
    • 15+
  • Thailand
    • 15
  • Turkey
    • 13+
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
  • United States
    • Rcertificate #51109
  • Ukraine
    • 16
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 15+

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