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Widows

Common Sense Media Age 16

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
This is a crime story, so positive messages isn't the movie's core mission. That said, there are clear moments of female empowerment.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Several people are shot (most fatally) on screen, often lingering on blood. Others are killed in a fiery explosion. A character is hit. A character is repeatedly stabbed. A character uses a taser a security guard. One dies in a car crash. Evidence of a wife having been beaten by her husband. Two women slap each other. Cruelty to a dog. Graphic photographs of implied incest used for blackmail. A woman is groped.
Sex
A sex scene includes naked breasts and bottom. Pre- and post-sex moments (including fondling) without nudity. Posters of topless women. Sexual language.
Language
Frequent profanity, including "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "bitch," "c--t," "c--ksucker," "p---y," "d--k," "d--kheads," "balls," "piss," "hell," "Christ," etc. Also slurs, such the "N" word and "gay" as an insult.
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Drinking by adults. A character smokes.
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