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Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Parents guide

The Poseidon Adventure

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
26 of 59 found this mild
There are several references to prostitution. A woman in one scene is wearing a see through night gown; her breasts are semi-visible. Several different woman and girls are dressed very revealing throughout the movie. Also revealing cleavage. A man implies that he is taking pills to make him more sexual and his genitals bigger.
A woman spends most of the movie wearing only her husband's shirt, and her white panties. Her panties are visible several times throughout the film.

Violence & Gore

Mild
27 of 45 found this mild
A man's knee is cut open and bloody. There's a close-up of it.
A woman falls into fiery waters. We don't see anything graphic.
People fall down to their deaths while a ship is capsizing. We see several men and women hit the side of a wall and die, a man and woman are pinned to a wall by a piano, making them react in pain; others crash into hard objects and more.
The only gory scene is when we see a cook's burnt face. It looks bloody.
An elderly woman suffers a heart attack and dies.

Profanity

Mild
22 of 44 found this mild
Two abuses of "Jesus," 6 misuses of "God," and 3 profane/cursing utterances of "Christ." Other swearing includes hell, damn, "son of a bi--".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
28 of 39 found this mild
People are seen drinking alcohol during a celebration.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
26 of 42 found this moderate
Crew members and the captain are killed when the windows break in the bridge causing water to enter from the wave.
The capsizing scene is very frightening and disturbing. After it happens, a man's body hits the ceiling, which has become the floor. People are seen screaming in terror while holding onto tables and falling. One man loses his grip on a table and falls onto a chandelier, which kills him instantly.
A man falls off a ladder and is killed when he hits the water.
Dead bodies are seen in the film throughout.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • PG
    • NRCoriginal rating
  • Brazil
    • Livre
    • 12original rating
  • Canada
    • PG
    • PGtv rating
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Hong Kong
    • IIA
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • U
  • Ireland
    • PG2006, re-rating
    • 152002, DVD
  • Israel
    • 13self-applied
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G2016
  • Malaysia
    • U
  • Netherlands
    • 6
    • 14orginal rating
  • Nigeria
    • G
  • Norway
    • 15iTunes rating
    • 161973
  • Peru
    • 14
  • Poland
    • 12TV rating
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Saudi Arabia
    • G
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • PGBlu-ray rating
    • PGDVD rating
    • Aoriginal rating
    • PG1987, re-rating
  • United States
    • PGcertificate#23341
  • West Germany
    • 12

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