| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 93 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 26 Nov 2012 |
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Why Is ParaNorman Rated PG?
Violence: Frequent scenes of gruesome images include corpses and zombies with dismembered body parts. Zombies are hit by cars and subjected to other violence. Townspeople threaten to burn a building with children inside. A horror movie within this film depicts a zombie eating brains. A teacher calls her students “useless.” A witch attacks a young boy.
Sexual Content: A girl fawns over a shirtless boy. A boy is caught freeze-framing an aerobics video—we see a woman clothed in exercise wear. A boy reveals his sexual orientation when he mentions he has a boyfriend.
Language: A mild rude term for female breasts, a mild profanity and a term of Christian deity are heard.
Drugs/Alcohol: None noted.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
