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Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed in Venom (2018)

Parents guide

Venom

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for language

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
374 of 732 found this mild
There is a kissing scene near the end of the movie while venom transfers from the woman to the guy.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
242 of 419 found this moderate
Venom bites two people's heads off. (One off screen and 2 onscreen). In the first scene, there is no blood. In the second scene, some blood is shown but the body is thrashed around onto a tree.
2 men are impaled. No blood.
A character is burned to death in vivid detail and screams in agony as the flames engulf him and wipe him from existence.
A man is cut in half by the antagonist of the film. This is shown from a distance and there is no blood. Blink and you'll miss it.
Venom is attacked by a SWAT Team. He is shot at by heavy fire and eats a smoke bomb that is thrown at him. He throws a Sniper off of a balcony and uses a fallen Swat officer as a club, viciously beating other attacking officers.
A man headbutts another man in the face. You briefly see a bloody nose.
You see a half dead man with several broken bones. (A broken leg, finger, arm and foot.) But shortly after you see a symbiotic substance take over his body showing the bones falling back in to place as he stands up. (Graphic)
Lots of violence on men, including below the belt, one count of a man being hit in the groin 1-2 times with a fist.
Near the end, a man is stabbed with a large symbiotic sword. Probably the most graphic scene in the movie. The impact is shown onscreen.
PG-13 violence type: blood and graphic.

Profanity

Moderate
271 of 454 found this moderate
One use of "fuck" and "pussy", along with Mild/Moderate coarse language ("shit", "ass", "dick", "hell", "goddamn", etc).

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
246 of 334 found this mild
We see cigarettes, and the main character having a few drinks, and at one point gets drunk.
Throughout the movie Eddie is drinking bottles of alcohol. He is drunk in one scene.
There is people smoking, a guy is in a bar drunk drinking his wine.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
204 of 354 found this moderate
A scene includes a homeless man getting infected and killed by a blue Symbiote; the Symbiote enters the inside of his body, then enters back through the man's stomach, said to be eating his insides, lastly, the Symbiote slides out the dead man's mouth. (This scene was shown in the trailers)
When the symbiote takes over a body, the body starts "deforming", it happens a few times.
Venom's parasitic symbiotic forms out of Eddie's stomach and speaks to him.
Venom tries to eat a police officer, but this part is meant to be humorous when Eddie orders him not to. Venom is interrupted and puts him down.
Venom's voice is deep and menacing, although he does have a sense of humor, as he sometimes eats people for laughs. He is usually displayed as a hero in the movie.
There is frightening scenes, scary jumpscares, the symbiote eats someone's insides.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13with warning
  • Australia
    • M
  • Austria
    • 14
  • Belgium
    • KT/EA
  • Brazil
    • 14
    • 12edited TV version
  • Canada
    • 14AAlberta
    • PGBritish Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    • 13+Québec
  • Chile
    • TE+7
  • Colombia
    • 7
  • Czech Republic
    • 12
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Egypt
    • Gself-applied
  • Finland
    • K-12
    • K-12Blu-ray rating
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Greece
    • K-12
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Indonesia
    • 13+
  • Ireland
    • 15A
    • 15video rating
  • Israel
    • 12
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • PG12
  • Lithuania
    • N-13
  • Luxembourg
    • 12
  • Malaysia
    • P13
  • Malta
    • 12
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Nigeria
    • 15
  • Norway
    • 12cinema rating
  • Philippines
    • PG-13
  • Poland
    • 12
  • Portugal
    • M/14
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Saudi Arabia
    • PG12
  • Singapore
    • PG13
    • M18Blu-ray, DVD rating
  • South Africa
    • 16
    • 13re-rating, video
  • South Korea
    • 15
  • Spain
    • 12ICAA
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 14
  • Taiwan
    • 12+
  • Thailand
    • u 15+

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