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John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen, Molly Shannon, Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, and Aubrey Plaza in The Little Hours (2017)

Parents guide

The Little Hours

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for graphic nudity, sexual content and language

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

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
39 of 178 found this moderate
A married woman and a young man lay in bed together, covered by a sheet. As the young man begins to have sex with her, they hear her husband approach and the young man flees. No nudity.
A married woman gropes and kisses a young man.
A man graphically describes some sexual acts to a priest during confession.
A woman kisses a man and then they begin making out. The man lays on top of the woman and they begin to have sex, but stop quickly.
Two women pull down a man's pants (his rear is shown) and then crouch in front of him and smell his genitals as part of a witch's ritual. One of the women briefly grind on him but then they leave.
Two women begin to kiss and touch each other over their clothes. Then one of the women begins kissing another woman and they lay down together.
A group of around ten female witches dance around a fire in the woods completely nude.

Violence & Gore

Mild
32 of 47 found this mild
A woman cuts her hand with a knife, she smears blood on her cheeks.
A man puts a knife to another man's throat, but only cuts his hair.
Two men are told to injure another man, but he runs away.
A woman threatens a man with an axe.
One man tells another about several ways he plans to torture him.
A man is held at knife point several times.
Several women hold a ceremony where a man is tied up and they plan to kill him. He begs for his life.

Profanity

Severe
34 of 58 found this severe
'F*ck' is said 26 times, including in a sexual context.
'Sh*t' is said 20 times.
'Godd*mn' is said twice.
'B*tch' is said twice.
'Sl*t' is said once.
'Balls' is said once in a vulgar context.
The Lord's name is taken in vain, including 'God' said three times and 'oh my God' said once.
Most instances of profanity are said by nuns, meant to be shocking.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
30 of 48 found this mild
A woman drinks wine heavily at dinner.
A priest says that he is drunk.
Two men, including a priest, drink wine and are drunk.
Several women drink sacramental wine and are drunk.
Smoking: None.
Drugs, recreational: None.
Many characters drink sacramental wine and get drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
30 of 50 found this mild
The vulgar and blasphemous behavior of the religious figures is meant to be shocking.
A woman wakes up a man with a knife to his throat, ties his hands together, forces him to walk through the woods, then ties him to a table before attempting to murder him, but is stopped.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16
  • Australia
    • MA15+2017
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 14AAlberta
    • PGBritish Columbia
    • 13+Quebec
  • Ecuador
    • 15self-applied
  • France
    • 18
  • Germany
    • 16
  • Greece
    • K-16
  • Hong Kong
    • 16+self-applied
  • India
    • 18
  • Japan
    • PG12
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • Poland
    • 16self-applied
  • Singapore
    • NC16
    • R21Netflix
  • South Korea
    • 182018
  • Spain
    • 16
    • 16TV rating
  • Taiwan
    • 18+
  • Turkey
    • 15+self-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • 15Reference AVV357035
  • United States
    • Rcertificate #50653
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 15+DVD rating

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