Railway Children (2022) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for thematic material, some violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Lily asks Abe to remove his trousers so she can inspect the wound on his leg. He asks if she means his pants, to which she says that she doesn't want him to remove them, meaning his underwear due to differences between British and American English.
  • Several children are seen urinating from behind.

Violence & Gore

  • It's set in 1944, during World War 2, so there are a few showings of wartime violence, as well as bombs being dropped.
  • Black men are beaten up by white Americans.
  • Occasional fighting between groups of children.
  • Abe is shown with a wound on his leg, sustained by falling onto cut glass.

Profanity

  • One use of 'damn'.
  • A few scatological terms.
  • One reference to flatulence.
  • Some racism themes.
  • It is always severe when children are told by adults to use bad language in a movie.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man is drinking what is assumed to be alcohol in a flask.
  • Men are drinking in a pub.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A boy runs out in front of a moving train in order to get it to stop. He is unharmed.
  • Themes of homesickness and wartime loss are prevalent throughout.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Annie receives a letter with news of her husband. She is very emotional and it seems like he has been killed in action, but it later turns out that he is in a prisoner of war camp.

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