| nudity |
Curly's wife flirts with all the men with the exception of her own husband, no sex is shown or implied
There is talk of visiting a cat house
There is talk of a man who keeps his hands soft with vaseline for his wife
Derogatory words are used to describe women and blacks |
| violence |
A bunkhouse row, a shooting, and a character gets his fist crushed in another character's powerful hand in a scene that's painful to watch.
A person's neck is broken and he/she dies.
A man is shot behind the head, the shot of this scene is rather distant and not very graphic as it is shocking
A man is shown without a hand
A dog is implied to be shot and killed
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| profanity |
10+ Uses of 'God'
20+ Uses of "Damn" and "God Damn"
Infrequent use of 'Son Of A Bitch'
Other milder profanities found in most other PG-13 movies
A couple uses of "Nigger". |
| alcohol |
A few scenes show the main characters smoking, and there is also infrequent talk of buying alcohol. |
| frightening |
Curly is beating on Lennie, and soon Lennie takes over the fight and smashes Curly's hand, this scene can be scary and quite graphic, not for younger viewers. George shoot's Lennie in the head - Shot from wide angle, no blood is shown.
MPAA/USA - Rated PG-13 for some scenes of violence.
BBFC/UK - Rated PG (infrequent moderate violence, mild bad language, sex references). |
