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Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Parents guide

The Philadelphia Story

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

None
11 of 20 found this to have none
Passionate kissing and very mild innuendos.
A woman implicitly asks if she and a man had sex whilst she was drunk the night before. She's disappointed to find out they didn't.
Discussions of a married man's extramarital relationship with a dancer, with the out-of-date implication that women should accept their husband/fathers' affairs as natural.
It's implied that one man suspects another of sleeping with his fiancee, but we find out he didn't.
It's implied that a divorced husband and wife never consummated the marriage. He calls her virginal and she is embarrassed.

Violence & Gore

None
10 of 15 found this to have none
A man forcefully grabs a woman's face and shoves her to the ground.
Gore: None
A man punches another man. There are several joking references to wife-beating including a man forcefully pushing a woman to the ground with his hand covering her face.

Profanity

None
10 of 12 found this to have none

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
9 of 16 found this mild
Main characters are seen smoking cigarettes. Many of the main characters are seen drinking excessively, getting drunk, and having hangovers. There's a joking reference to a man switching from liquor to dope.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

None
13 of 15 found this to have none
None.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • GTV rating
    • SOAoriginal rating
    • PG1986, re-rating
  • Brazil
    • Livre
  • Canada
    • PGvideo rating
  • Finland
    • S1986
    • K-161942
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12video rating
  • Greece
    • K
  • Italy
    • T
  • Netherlands
    • 181947, original rating
  • Norway
    • 161947
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • South Korea
    • 122005, DVD rating
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 15original rating
    • Btl1966, re-rating
  • Taiwan
    • 0+original rating
    • 6+2024
  • United Kingdom
    • Aoriginal rating
    • U2014, re-rating
    • U1993, video rating
  • United States
    • Not Rated
    • PassedNational Board of Review
    • Approvedcertificate #6594
    • TV-GTV rating
  • West Germany
    • 12

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