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Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

Parents guide

Braveheart

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for brutal medieval warfare

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

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
151 of 313 found this moderate
The evil English King issues a law that every Scot must give up their newly-wed wife to be used sexually by an English officer on her nuptial night. None of this is shown, but the implications and discussion.
There is implied rape and attempted rape, it never happens and the rapist who attempted it is killed.
Female breast nudity during a sex scene, sexual dialogue and attempted and implied rape.
Murron stands topless in front of William in the forest. Her breasts are seen but male nudity is avoided.
William Wallace and his wife embrace while naked beside a lake the night after their wedding. The outline of her breasts are shown from the side and from the front as she slowly turns. The scene lasts for several seconds and the lighting is dark. (37 minutes in)
A man and woman kiss passionately in each other's arms, and then lie upon a bed. They are implied to be nude but are only shown from the shoulders on up. Later, the woman becomes pregnant with the man's child.
Scottish soldiers lift up their kilts to taunt the English army before a battle. We see frontal nudity, which includes penis, pubic hair and testicles, but it is from far away.
There is a mild reference to male erections in a scene in which William and his friends jokingly talk about making spears "as big as a man" to which one replies, "Some men are longer than others." The man's father then laughingly says, "Aye, your mother's been telling you stories about me, eh?"
A woman says her lover talked a lot in bed, and that "Englishmen don't know what a tongue is for."

Violence & Gore

Severe
186 of 210 found this severe
A large group of men, and some women and even children, are seen hanging inside a thatch house. This is especially terrifying for a young boy character to see.
William cuts off a man's head and sends it to the king. The king reaches inside the box and pulls out the head, freezing in cold shock as he does so.
William screams at a charging general on horseback. He then strikes the general's horse in the face with his sword, cutting it down from under him. He then beheads the general in full view onscreen.
Very strong violence, highly realistic and a very high body count.
The camera is perched by a dead man's bloody corpse. We see the blood and wounds. Graphic.
This is a brutal war movie. Man are killed in battlefield with swords, spiers, spikes and arrows. One of the most violent movies of all time, as some people say, but still, brutal, graphic an not always easy to watch.
Level of violence: 9.9/10.
R violence type: blood, brutal and graphic.
Brutal violence.
Slittings, stabbing, hangings, butchering, slaughtering, and suicide are all shown in this movie, with weapons like spears, knives, swords, and more.

Profanity

Moderate
100 of 190 found this moderate
Medieval Scottish slangs, but also uses of "shit" "fuck" and "bastard"
1 use of Jesus, hell and damn 2 uses of fuck 3 uses of bitch and arse 4 uses of shit 1 used as shite 7 uses of bastard
2 uses use of "fuck".
2 uses of "bitch" by a rapist.
About 3 or 4 shits and 5-7 bastards.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
119 of 164 found this mild
People are shown drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
140 of 190 found this severe
Corpses hang from the ceiling of a room. Very graphic and frightening.
Braveheart is an emotionally-intense film.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16
  • Australia
    • MA15+
  • Belgium
    • KT/EA
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 18ACanadian Home Video rating
    • 14AManitoba
    • 14Nova Scotia
    • ROntario
    • 13+Québec
  • Chile
    • 14
  • Czech Republic
    • 15
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Egypt
    • Not Ratedself-applied
  • Finland
    • K-15/13original cut, Blu-ray rating
    • K-16/13original cut, Blu-ray rating
    • K-16original cut, theatrical and VHS rating
    • K-15/13the BBFC cut, DVD rating
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 16w
  • Greece
    • K-12
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Hungary
    • 16
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • A
  • Indonesia
    • 21self-applied
  • Ireland
    • 15
  • Israel
    • 17+self-applied
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • Gself-applied
  • Malaysia
    • 18SG
  • Mexico
    • C
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Nigeria
    • 18
  • Norway
    • 15Blu-ray rating
    • 181995, cinema rating
  • Peru
    • 14
  • Philippines
    • R-18
  • Poland
    • 12self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Saudi Arabia
    • R15
  • Singapore
    • PGcut
    • M18re-rating
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 18DVD rating
    • 15original rating
  • Spain
    • 18
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Taiwan
    • 18+

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