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Primer (2004)

Parents guide

Primer

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for brief language

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

Sex & Nudity

None
35 of 36 found this to have none
A man makes a reference about 'fags'

Violence & Gore

Mild
17 of 26 found this mild
Some shots of the character's ears bleeding slightly due to the effects of time travel.
A brief scene of a man fighting with a future version of himself and being choked unconscious.
Reference is made to a character pointing a shotgun at some people at a party. Later scenes show the man angrily confronting people and then walking into the party with a shotgun.

Profanity

Mild
19 of 29 found this mild
Some use of G-d as an exclamation.
The language in this movie is very infrequent and mild; 5 uses of "hell" and 3 uses of "prick" 1 use of "fag"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
20 of 27 found this mild
Minor beer drinking
Some drinking at a party.
The main characters reference taking pills to help them sleep during their time travel experiences.
A character injects and unknown substance into someone else's drink in order to knock them out.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
11 of 27 found this mild
The movie is intense at times

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • M
  • Brazil
    • Livre
  • Canada
    • GOntario
  • Finland
    • K-16original rating
    • K-122024, re-rating
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • Not Rated
    • 12Blu-Ray Rating
  • Iceland
    • 12
  • Italy
    • VM12self-applied
  • Netherlands
    • AL
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Norway
    • 12Streaming rating
  • Poland
    • 12
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • Spain
    • 13
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • 12A
    • 12DVD rating
  • United States
    • PG-13certificate #40929

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