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Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

Parents guide

Drive

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity.

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

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
391 of 912 found this moderate
A man and woman kiss for about 30 seconds.
Some minor flirting and/or innuendo.
The main characters kiss, even though the woman is already married.
A married couple have a brief discussion about the loss of their virginity.
Lengthy female breast nudity of several strippers in a Strip club with focused camera shots on their nude breasts while a clothed male questions them.

Violence & Gore

Severe
475 of 515 found this severe
A man is forced to swallow and choke on a small object, we see the object going into his mouth but then the camera cuts away.
A few dead bodies are seen but they are not very gory and the wounds are not focused on.
A man is seen choking with a bullet. This is seen from very far away but he survives it.
The violence is very strong but not frequent
A man is seen with a bloody face after being beaten up by a couple of men.
In second half there are few scenes with realistic shocking bloody violence that stretches R rating nearly to NC-17.
R violence type: blood, gore, brutal and graphic.
The 2nd half of the movie involves a lot of very intense and gory violence.
A man has his head bashed against a wall. By another man. The man's head is then stomped on a total of 17 times, squashing his head like a pumpkin. We see the other man's foot on the man's fully smashed head with blood and gore splattering everywhere. Afterwards, the other man's clothes are covered in blood for the rest of the film.
Bits of shrapnel are picked out of a man's somewhat blood-soaked upper arm for a few seconds. We can see the wound.

Profanity

Moderate
269 of 406 found this moderate
"Jesus" as a cuss word.
31 uses of "fuck", 6 uses of "shit", 2 uses of "pussy", 1 use of "kike", 1 use of "whore", 1 use of "chink", and one instance of the middle finger.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
296 of 353 found this mild
There are several instances of smoking and one instance of social drinking.
A character offers the main character caffeine, nicotine, Benzedrine, and amphetamine to help him stay awake. However, he refuses all of them.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
274 of 399 found this severe
Most of the movie is very calm, with some relaxing music at points which makes the violent/intense scenes hit much harder.
The first half of the movie is not violent at all. In the second half, however, the movie gets extremely intense, violent and unsettling.
Ambient music plays throughout the movie, which can be hypnotic at first, but startling whenever violence occurs afterward.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16
  • Australia
    • MA15+
  • Austria
    • 16
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 18AAlberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan
    • 18ACanadian Home Video
    • 13+Québec
  • Chile
    • 14
  • China
    • 13
  • Colombia
    • 15
  • Czech Republic
    • 18
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Ecuador
    • 16self-applied
  • Egypt
    • 18+self-applied
  • Finland
    • K-18
  • France
    • 12
  • Germany
    • 18
    • 16edited version
  • Greece
    • K-17
  • Hong Kong
    • III
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • A
  • Indonesia
    • 17+
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Israel
    • 16
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • R15+
  • Lithuania
    • N-16
  • Malaysia
    • 18
  • Mexico
    • B15authorization 13532-B15
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R18
  • Norway
    • 15cinema rating
  • Philippines
    • R-13MTRCB
  • Poland
    • 18self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/16
  • Romania
    • I.M.-18
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 19
  • Spain
    • 18
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 16canton of Geneva
    • 16canton of Vaud
  • Taiwan
    • 18+
  • Turkey
    • 16+
  • United Kingdom
    • 18
  • United States
    • TV-14DLSV
    • Rcertificate #46543

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