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Charles Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

Parents guide

Modern Times

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

None
34 of 42 found this to have none
Although no nudity is shown, an orgy-like, drug-fuelled party does occur quite randomly during this film.
With wrenches in his hand, a character chases after a woman to tighten the "bolts" (buttons) that are strategically placed on the front of her jacket on her breasts. This is played for laughs, and nothing actually happens except for chasing.

Violence & Gore

Mild
20 of 37 found this mild
Some very basic slapstick violence (falling over, things falling on people, etc)
In the first factory sequence, a character, suffering from a nervous breakdown, starts dancing around like a looney ballet dancer squirting oil into people's faces, recklessly pulling levers and otherwise throwing the factory into chaos.
In a jail, a prisoner takes a revolver from one of the guards and shoots at people, but no one is killed. Chaplan subdues him.
A man on the streets is shot to death durring a riot.

Profanity

None
32 of 32 found this to have none
None.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
27 of 36 found this mild
Chaplin smokes cigarettes and cigars on several occasions. He is accidentally intoxicated when a cask of rum is punctured with bullets, spraying him with liquor. He also has an accidental run-in with "nose powder" (cocaine) smuggled in by a fellow prisoner, who hides it in a salt shaker. Chaplin unknowingly sprinkles the "salt" all over his food, making him a bit tipsy or high.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

None
30 of 36 found this to have none
None.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • G
  • Brazil
    • LivreTV rating, self-applied
  • Canada
    • Gself-applied
  • Denmark
    • A2003
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 6
    • (Banned)1936-1956
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Mexico
    • A
  • Netherlands
    • 6re-rating, 2000s
    • AL1955, re-rating
    • AL1945, re-rating
    • AL1936, original rating
  • Norway
    • 7
    • AVOD
    • A1936
  • Philippines
    • G
  • Poland
    • 12TV rating
  • Portugal
    • M/12R-10
    • M/6original rating
  • Russia
    • 0+
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • All
  • Spain
    • 16original rating
    • A1973, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • Btl
  • Taiwan
    • 0+
  • United Kingdom
    • U
  • United States
    • TV-Y
    • TV-Y7
    • TV-GTV rating
    • G1972, certificate #1596
    • Passed1936, National Board of Review
    • Approved1936, certificate #1596
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Allself-applied
  • West Germany
    • 6nf, bw

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