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(I) (2017)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Implied that a girl is being raped/sexually abused.
  • Implied that a girl "did" someone.
  • A short kiss scene at the end.

Violence & Gore

  • It is implied that several sheep are killed with a bolt gun.
  • The characters open a door and briefly see the upper half of a teenage girl hanging in a room, still alive and screaming.
  • One of the children falls through a hole on a table, where we see after his bent arm, apparently fractured, no blood is shown.
  • A sheep gets impailed through the head at min 10:15. (brief shoot of blood exiting the skull)
  • A man is sleeping and a deranged teenager comes in and stabs him in the neck. So much blood is seen.
  • Pennywise rips off a young boy's arm. Leaving him bleeding to death in the rain, it can be emotional to watch.
  • Two boys put a cat in top of a garbage can and one of them points a gun at it, threatening to shoot. They are then stopped and the cat is not harmed.
  • A 13 year old child is bullied by older children, who start to cut the letter 'H' into the kids stomach with a switchblade onscreen. this isnt very graphic.

Profanity

  • Some uses of the word, "motherfucker."
  • 61 F words. All said by pre-teens some used in a freak out matter when they are scared so used in context some used in general talk one kid has a potty mouth and says most of the f words.
  • Gay slurs are used in the beginning.
  • Some uses "dick" word.
  • Bylo uzyte slowo "kurwa"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A girl is seen holding a cigarette, although we don't actually see her smoking it.
  • Beverly can be seen stealing a pack of cigarettes from the pharmacy store.
  • One of the kids is said to have multiple medications. We later find out they're placebos.
  • A girl smokes a cigarette in the bathroom then puts it out

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Pennywise distorts himself and moves in unnatural ways.
  • There are many jumpscares.
  • There is a scene where Pennywise's mouth and hand is ripped open showing Mantis or Werewolf like skin
  • Bill's main priority throughout the movie is that he'll find Georgie alive and well, despite both his father and Richie telling him otherwise, many scenes involving this can be emotional.
  • It transforms into a homeless man with Leprosy. His nose is missing, his eyes are red, his skin is covered in grotesque rashes, and there is a sticky substance leaking from his mouth. one of his legs in incredibly slim, while the other leg is about as wide as an elephant's leg.
  • Pennywise can unhinge its jaw like a snake, it's disturbing to watch.
  • Pennywise is seen opening his mouth very wide there are also many sharp teeth in his mouth along with a glowing light in the back of his throat. Can be frightening to some younger viewers.
  • A girl is blasted in the face with gallons of blood.
  • Towards the end of the movie, a leper vomits what looks like black tar all over one of the boys- very graphic
  • Mature 10-14 year olds could handle.

Spoilers

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

Violence & Gore

  • Georgie reaches into the sewer for his paper boat, Pennywise opens a slobbering mouth with five rows of sharp teeth, biting his arm off (No injury detail seen); the boy tries to crawl away, but is pulled into the sewer. Blood is shown flowing from the arm into the sewer drain in the rain. This scene could be extremely upsetting to parents.
  • Beverly hides in her bathroom from her father who tried to rape her, and she hits him on the head with the toilet tank lid (he is seen lying in a large pool of blood later).
  • Henry receives a box in the mail containing his lost switchblade that he uses to stab his sleeping father in the neck. Injury detail is hard to discern but lots of blood is shown.
  • Georgie (Pennywise in disguise) is shot in the forehead with a bolt gun.
  • Henry is pushed down a well to his supposed "death" not shown.
  • A child is seen with a monster attached to his face, with blood pouring from both sides.
  • Pennywise is shown nibbling on and waving a child's arm. Blood is seen on the severed arm and on Pennywise's mouth.
  • A girl is grabbed by long strings of hair coming out of the drain, she is pulled close to the sink, blood sprays out into her face and covers the whole bathroom.
  • As Pennywise tries to attack, and kill Bill & Richie, Beverly stabs his face with a pole, making him to change the appearance of his face, showing big sharp teeth and demonic eyes. The new appearance is distorted and grotesque.
  • Patrick Hockstetter goes into a sewer pipe looking for Ben and encounters terrifying dead children (zombies) and as he tries to escape, gets his face bitten off by Pennywise (OffScreen)
  • Eddie breaks his arm and Richie snaps it back into place. No gore is shown but Eddie screams in pain while Bill and Beverly try to convince Richie to stop.
  • Bill punches Richie in the face
  • Towards the end in the sewers, you find the flute lady biting Stan's face and her mouth is biting his whole face.
  • A boy's severed head is seen in a tree (not graphic, but disturbing). We later see the boy's body chasing Ben.
  • The Losers' club and the bullies have a rock war which involves them throwing rocks at each other, some people get hit with rocks.
  • Henry Bowers is shoving a knife in his dads throat Graphic and Bloody.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In one scene after Pennywise gets stabbed In the eye he turns around with his mouth ripped open showing a little bit of IT and pairs of sharp teeth can be seen, then he rips his hand open with sharp spider like claws.
  • Before being dragged to his death, Georgie is shown crawling on the road with his remaining arm, He cried for help, calling for help, he needs help to get Bill. This can be emotionally disturbing and upsetting to viewers.
  • Bill finds Georgie hiding behind a well. He walks over to Bill, lacking an arm and holding his paper boat, crying that he wants to go home. At the end of their conversation, Bill shoots Georgie in the forehead. It turns out afterwards that "Georgie" was merely a form of Pennywise's.
  • After defeating Pennywise, Bill finds Georgie's yellow raincoat and starts crying when he realizes that Georgie is dead. While not a disturbing scene, it may be emotionally upsetting for some viewers.
  • A decapitated head is seen in a tree and later a headless body chases ben, this is really disturbing.

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