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Big Fish (2003)

Parents guide

Big Fish

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for a fight scene, some images of nudity and a suggestive reference

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
64 of 121 found this mild
A newborn is briefly displayed nude after being born.
A person is seen holding a Playboy magazine, but it's contents are not shown.
A nude woman's bare back and buttcrack are shown. The same woman shown later with her full rear nudity visible.
A man's buttocks are briefly visible.
Affairs are briefly mentioned, alongside a flashback that contains kissing.

Violence & Gore

Mild
39 of 63 found this mild
There's a brief moment where Young Edward wrestles with a large fish to get his wedding ring back, which it promply delivers.
An old man falls off a ladder and dies in a premonition and in another, a man has a heart attack and falls off a toilet. (The latter is seen again later)
We briefly see Edward playing football, and he pushes and runs across another man's back.
We see bones outside a cave where a giant resides.
Edward throws a rock at a giant, but it doesn't hurt him.
Edward throws a rock at a bird, but ends up hitting a bee's nest and getting chased by bees.
A character gets hit by an amusement park ride.
A character is shot out of a cannon.
A character turns into a wolf and attacks someone, and the person being attacked is accidentally shot instead of the wolf, non fatally.
Fist fight resulting in blood, bruises, and a black eye.

Profanity

Mild
39 of 61 found this mild
Shit and bitch are used amongst lesser profanities.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

None
40 of 59 found this to have none
Alcohol and tobacco use.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
38 of 54 found this mild
A witch in a story can foresee others' deaths using her glass eye.
A giant is seen about to eat a sheep. Edward fearlessly goes to talk to him; it's turns out again that the giant is friendly
A character enters a haunted road and walks into spider webs.
A snake swims up river towards a woman.
In a dream, a crow tells people they will die, and they do.
There is a bank robbery, which could be intense for sensitive younger children.
A character drowns.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • PG
  • Brazil
    • Livre
    • 12re-rating
  • Bulgaria
    • B
  • Canada
    • PGAlberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario
    • GQuébec
  • Czech Republic
    • U
  • Denmark
    • 7
  • Ecuador
    • 12self-applied
  • Egypt
    • Rself-applied
  • Finland
    • K-11/9
    • K-12/9
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 6
  • Hong Kong
    • IIA
  • Hungary
    • 12
  • Iceland
    • L
  • India
    • U
  • Ireland
    • 12
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Lithuania
    • N-7
  • Malaysia
    • U
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • MG6
    • 6video rating
  • New Zealand
    • PG
  • Nigeria
    • G
  • Norway
    • 7VOD
    • 112003
  • Peru
    • Apt
  • Philippines
    • PG-13
  • Poland
    • 12self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 0+
  • Saudi Arabia
    • G
  • Singapore
    • NC16
    • PGedited
  • South Africa
    • PG
    • 10DVD rating
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 11
  • Switzerland
    • 12canton of Zurich
  • Taiwan
    • 6+
  • Thailand
    • G
  • Turkey
    • G
  • United Kingdom
    • PG
  • United States
    • TV-14

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