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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for some violent content/bloody images and smoking.
Certification

Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • Surprising depictions of injury detail where a character slices a creature with gory intestinal detail as well as a scene where a character repeatedly hits his head with a rock with excessive bloody detail.

Profanity

  • About four uses of "Damn", one use of "Hell" and one use of "Turd".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some characters are seen smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Mature dark, upsetting, thematic elements throughout.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The boy has a discussion with a bloody dying bird.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The opening scene is quite intense, as it follows a young boy as he attempts to run to a burning hospital his mother is in, only to make it late as her soul ascends.
  • When the boy touches his mother to see her face, she starts melting away until she turns into a pool of liquid.

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