Dark Places Parent Guide
A child's memory.
Dark Places
Rating & Content Info
Why is Dark Places rated R? Dark Places is rated R by the MPAA for some disturbing violence, language, drug use and sexual content.
This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
Violence:
- Non-graphic violence.
- Brief explicit violence.
- Depictions of beating, shooting, choking and stabbing, with some blood and a little detail.
- Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, gun, and weapons violence, some involving children or animals.
- Gory and grotesque images.
- Upsetting or disturbing scenes.
Sexual Content:
- Breast nudity in a sexual context.
- Sexual references and innuendo.
- Partial or full nudity in a brief sexual situation.
- Implied sexual activity.
Language:
Approximately 60 instances of coarse language, including:
- Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context.
- Infrequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions, sometimes in an aggressive context.
- Slurs.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
- Three scenes of drug use involving marijuana and hallucinogens.
- Tobacco use.
- Alcohol use.
Page last updated July 17, 2017
News About "Dark Places"
Cast and Crew
Dark Places is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and stars Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks .
Home Video
The most recent home video release of Dark Places movie is October 6, 2015. Here are some details…
Dark Places releases to home video on October 6, 2015.
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