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(2016)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, and for some thematic material
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • No nudity or sex is shown.

Violence & Gore

  • Little to no violence until the doll breaks.
  • A woman is stabbed by Brahms at the end then the woman stabs Brahms blood shown.
  • A man is stabbed in the stomach with a screwdriver blood shown soaking his shirt.
  • The doll turns into a man the man stabs the EX-boyfriend in the neck (no blood) is not so bad.
  • 2 woman and men commit suicide by drowning is disturbing.
  • The film contains a few scenes of violence.
  • These scenes contain some depiction of bloodshed and infliction of pain, but the details of the injuries are not shown. Otherwise, the film is rather bloodless.

Profanity

  • A few shits and SOBs towards the end.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Red wine is consumed.
  • A character tells a story of a man getting drunk after the death of his son.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • This film revolves around a young woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote village to supervise a child that is actually a life-sized porcelain doll. The parents treat the doll like a real boy to cope with the death of their son and they give her a list of rules that she has to follow strictly. This may prove mildly distressing to viewers.
  • When the protagonist ignores the rules, disturbing things begin to happen and she becomes convinced that the doll may be alive.
  • A few jump scares throughout, though several are predictable: a pause and then a loud noise with a shocking image (i.e. flickering words, a ghost hand, a silhouette in the attic, a doll quickly moving its head, etc.)
  • The effects of physical abuse and loss of children are major themes in the film. These may be triggers for some people.
  • A porcelain doll is smashed.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • "Get Out" is written on a wall with rat blood. The blood drips on a character's face.
  • In a stronger scene, the protagonist stabs a man in the abdomen with a screwdriver and twists it to drive it in deeper.
  • In another scene, a man stabs another man in the neck with a piece of broken glass.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • People commit suicide by drowning.

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