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Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall in Wuthering Heights (1970)

Parents guide

Wuthering Heights

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
3 of 4 found this mild
A married man tries to force himself on a young girl.
A sister expresses her love for her stepbrother to her other sister who also loves the stepbrother.
A man kisses his married stepsister in great detail. They roll around kissing passionately. They are then shown lying together at a great distance. Sex is implied.
A man and woman are shown kissing outside. He squeezes her. She says, "Let me go, you're hurting me." He replies, "You love it." They continue kissing fiercely until he says, "Do you want it here or in bed?' She then slaps him and leaves in disgust.
A man grabs a woman by the hair from behind. She gasps. He turns her to face him and kisses her fiercely before running off.
A woman rushes out into the forest and kisses a man fiercely.
No actual nudity.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
1 of 3 found this moderate
A man slaps his son and pushes him to the floor.
A fleeing girl gets bitten in the leg by a guard dog.
A man chases his stepbrother into a barn where the stepbrother tries to stab him with a pitchfork but misses. The man then beats his stepbrother with a cudgel off screen. The stepbrother is later seen with some blood on his face.
In a fit of rage, a stepfather slaps his sister to the ground and then pushes her up against a wall.
There is a brawl scene in a pub where two men fight. Then two of the man's friends hold back the other so the opposite fighter begins punching the man. This is stopped soon after.
A man is threatened to be shot if he ever returns to a man's estate.
A man strikes another man and runs from the room. The man in the room grabs a fireplace poker and breaks out of the room. He is attacked by several servants but beats them down with the poker before fleeing the house. He is shot at by the owner who misses.
A man screams in anguish and beats his head against a tree trunk.

Profanity

Mild
4 of 6 found this mild
The word "bastard" is used.
The word "Damn" is used.
The word "bitch" is used.
The word "Hell" is used.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
2 of 3 found this mild
A man has wine poured for his visitor.
Men are seen drinking ale at a gathering.
Several scenes take place in a pub. Drinking and smoking is shown.
Drugs, recreational: None.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
3 of 5 found this mild
The entire film is dark and intense, exploring the darker edges of the characters'descent into disorder.
The character of Heathcliff is intimidating throughout.
Do not let the G rating fool you, as there is plenty of Mature content throughout involving sexual affairs, violence, and betrayal throughout.
The ending is very intense and disturbing as the main character goes insane at the end.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 18
  • Australia
    • NRC
  • Finland
    • K-12
  • Iceland
    • L
  • Japan
    • G
  • Norway
    • 16video rating
  • Sweden
    • 11
  • United Kingdom
    • PG2004
    • U1987, edited version
    • A1971
  • United States
    • Gcertificate #22677

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