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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A dramatic scene where a girl sells herself into prostitution and does it with a man. Close-up shots of shoulders and above. No movements, the man lays on top of her for a period before paying her.
  • The song "Lovely Ladies" consists of sexualized lyrics, about sailors being "hungry for a poke" and "dropping their anchors". About twenty or so prostitutes are shown dancing provocatively, shaking their backsides and torsos (clothed) and cupping their breasts, partially exposed by a lot of cleavage.
  • In the "Master of the House" song, a female prostitute is briefly depicted straddling on top of a man (dressed as Santa Claus), thrusting forward as a man below the bed steals the man's money. The couple are completely clothed.
  • Eponine is briefly seen in underwear, wrapping her breasts tightly with cloth to pass as a man. Fantine is seen in undergarments as well, with some cleavage showing. Marius and Cosette kiss passionately.
  • A man lifts up a woman's skirt using his cane and touches her clothed breasts.

Violence & Gore

  • Jean is beaten several times by fists, feet, and wooden clubs, sometimes drawing blood. Fantine scratches a man's face, also drawing blood. She also has her tooth removed, and some blood is shown in the aftermath. Jean has a sword fight with Javert. Several characters are shown ill and dying. In the "Master of the House" song, a man is humorously punched in the face, and several people party while drunk, tumbling down the flight of stairs. In a scene played for laughs, Thénardier and his wife make meat pies out of hats, cat tails and other objects.

Profanity

  • Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter say "We'll see you in hell"
  • 3-4 uses of Damned.
  • One "shit". One or two uses each of "hell," "ass", "pissed", "bitch", "slut", and "bastard". "Jesus" is said about 6 times, most often by the innkeeper. "God" also comes up as exclamatory.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The Students sing about, and are seen drinking alcohol
  • Fantine drinks from a vial (most likely painkiller for having her tooth extracted), several men are shown unconscious from alcohol and one man is shown lapping up alcohol from a bowl, and the "Master of the House" song shows many people dancing and partying drunk.
  • A man smokes a pipe, and several men smoke pipes in drinking establishment scenes and in a meeting room.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • This movie is very emotional, and will likely make viewers cry.
  • Very emotional scenes throughout.
  • Intense scene of combat between barricaded rebels and soldiers armed with guns and cannons. Many characters die.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • Fantine eventually sells herself as a prostitute, and there is a brief scene of her and a male customer having sex. Fantine is seen from the front, her dress slowly being pulled off (shown no lower than her shoulders), pushes her back onto a makeshift bed and pushes up her skirt, thrusts on top of her while she is crying; he then pays her and leaves. The actual sexual activity is only onscreen for a few seconds and contains no nudity.

Violence & Gore

  • A lot of blood is shown after the war scenes.
  • A gunfight between a small band of revolutionaries and soldiers of the king takes place in the streets. Cannons and rifles are fired, and scenery and people blasted by the explosions. Bayonets and swords stab and slash people as well. Some wounds are seen involving a moderate amount of blood, and in the aftermath, blood literally runs in the gutter. A very young boy is shot several times in the chest, and so is Eponine at extremely close range
  • Javert commits suicide by jumping off of a bridge into the river. Before he lands in the water, he hits a stone partition, the impact accentuated by the accompanying sound effect.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Towards the end of the movie, Javert sees several corpses lined up, takes off his medal and places it on Gavroche's chest. This is a very emotional scene.
  • Javert (Russel Crowe) commits suicide very late in the film.

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