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Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

Parents guide

Django Unchained

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for strong graphic violence throughout, a vicious fight, language and some nudity

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

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
593 of 1339 found this moderate
In a scene where a man is being tortured we can briefly see his butt for a few seconds.
A man appears naked and he is shot in the genitals.
After a male slave wins a fight, his owner cheers in triumph and decides to have a female slave sent to his room to "lick his pole" as a reward.
A male is hang upside down completely naked.

Violence & Gore

Severe
871 of 950 found this severe
A brief whipping scene that is not bloody at all.
An explosion happens where multiple horse and men die. Then a main character shoots someone and they fall of their horse. Blood is seen on the horse.
Django shoots a man in the chest, blood is seen. He then whips another man and shoots him. Then a character shoots a man off his horse and blood lands on some nearby cotton.
A man shoots a man in the stomach. Bloody.
A man threatens to castrate Django, but he is stopped before doing so.
A corpse is blown apart in slow motion, lots of blood.
Very strong bloody violence throughout. It is graphic and really gruesome.
There is an scene were many people are shot. The scene is very brief but blood is splattering all around the screen.
A horse is shot in the head, resulting in a spray of blood. The horse topples, landing on a man, breaking his leg.
A man is tied upside down and it is implied that he is about to be hurt. However, the villain is interrupted before the deed is done.

Profanity

Severe
987 of 1113 found this severe
"Son of a bitch", "goddamnit" and "ass" are used multiple times, along with other terms, like the F-word and the N-word.
Other terms, like the F-word and the N-word are present.
109 uses of the word n***er.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
576 of 811 found this mild
Several men are seen drinking and smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
585 of 832 found this severe
The scenes where violence directed at slaves are disturbing and hard to watch.
The violence is extremely brutal.
The fight between the two slaves is extremely brutal and sadistic.
Some flashbacks are shown from the perspective of characters including torture of slave which are unsettling.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16
  • Australia
    • MA15+
  • Austria
    • 14edited version
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 18AAlberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario
    • 14ABritish Columbia, Saskatchewan
    • 18ACanadian Home Video rating
    • 13+Québec
    • 14+tv rating
  • Chile
    • 18
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Egypt
    • Gself-applied
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • 12
  • Germany
    • 16
  • Greece
    • K-16
  • Hong Kong
    • III
  • Hungary
    • 18
  • India
    • A
    • UABangalore
  • Indonesia
    • 21+
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Israel
    • 16
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • R15+
  • Lithuania
    • N-16
  • Luxembourg
    • 16
  • Malaysia
    • 18
  • Mexico
    • B15
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 182012, cinema rating
  • Peru
    • 18
  • Philippines
    • R-16
  • Poland
    • 12
    • 18TV rating
    • 18streaming -rating
  • Portugal
    • M/16
  • Romania
    • I.M.-18
  • Russia
    • 18+
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 18original rating
    • 19re-rating
  • Spain
    • 16ICAA
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 16
  • Taiwan
    • R-18
  • Thailand
    • 18
  • Turkey
    • 18+

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