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Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine (2002)

Parents guide

Bowling for Columbine

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for some violent images and language

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
10 of 23 found this mild
Pictures of a swimsuit calendar as shown, with women posing provocatively, but no nudity.
A woman poses in a swimsuit holding a gun.
A teenager mentions that a movie included cleavage and nudity.
A brief close-up shot of the cover of Marilyn Manson's infamous "Mechanical Animals" album, where Manson has fake breasts and a genderless groin area, which are not very graphic.

Violence & Gore

Severe
16 of 32 found this severe
Security video from the Columbine school shooting and related telephone call audio.
Extensive discussions about gun violence, as well as wars and large scale deaths.
Archival footage of actual killings using guns, including incidents of murder, suicide, and police action.
Archival footage and still photographs of political killings, assassinations, and killings during revolutions. This sequence also shows bombed out buildings and the second plane hitting the World Trade Center. There is a significant amount of blood in this footage, some of it in color.
War footage from Kosovo.
Audio tapes from the attacks on September 11, 2001 are heard, including the sound of gunfire.
A man killing himself via shotgun in his mouth.
Several sequences of cartoon violence.
A sequence mixes movie clips with archive footage of actual killings.
A 911 call from an elementary school shooting.

Profanity

Moderate
13 of 20 found this moderate
'Sh*t' is said three times.
'Fag' is said three times in order to condemn its use.
'H*ll' is said twice.
'B*stard' is said once.
'D*ck' is said twice.
'F*ck' is said 5 times, once in a sexual context.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

None
12 of 19 found this to have none
One interview subject is smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
16 of 24 found this severe
Extended discussions about a six-year-old boy who shot and killed another student at school.
People seen holding weapons
Some people may consider the archival shooting violence pictures, sound, and video clips to be difficult to experience.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • M
  • Brazil
    • 12
  • Canada
    • 14AAlberta/British Columbia/Manitoba
    • 18original rating, Nova Scotia
    • 14re-rating, Nova Scotia
    • AAoriginal rating, Ontario
    • 13+Quebec
    • 14A2003, re-rating, Ontario
  • Denmark
    • 11
  • Finland
    • K-15
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Hungary
    • 16
  • Iceland
    • 12
  • India
    • U2010, TV
  • Ireland
    • 12
    • 15PG2002, cinema rating
  • Israel
    • PG
  • Italy
    • T
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Norway
    • 11
  • Peru
    • 14
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Africa
    • 10DVD rating, V
    • 13V
  • South Korea
    • 15
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 11
  • Switzerland
    • 12canton of Geneva
    • 12canton of Vaud
    • 14canton of Zurich
    • 14canton of the Grisons
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
    • 15DVD rating
  • United States
    • TV-MAcable rating, LV
    • Rcertificate #39324

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