Forrest Gump (1994) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: PG-13 BBFC: 12 Maturity Rating 13+

MPAA Reason: Rated PG-13 for drug content, some sensuality and war violence.

BBFC Reason: implied drug use, moderate sex, infrequent strong language

BBFC Ratings info: There is a moderate sex including sight of a woman straddling a man in a wheelchair and brief sight of a woman's pleasured face as it's implied she's reached climax.

Sex & Nudity

moderate

Jenny exposes her breasts to Forrest. No graphic nudity, we only see her bare back. The outline of jenny's nipple is briefly shown as she shows forrest her breasts. There is kissing and implied sex, Jenny and Forrest kiss in a bed, lieutenant Dan is shown making out with a woman as she sits on his lap. Jenny's butt can be seen Two characters have sex off screen, but the man's moaning sounds are heard. It's implied that a child hears the sounds, which he later mocks to the man. Jenny is briefly shown in a car with a man, and they begin to make out. Forrest (not knowing what's happening), goes to stop the man thinking he's hurting her. They go inside and Jenny shows her breasts to Forrest (it's not shown). A scene in which Jenny performs as a showgirl completely naked in a bar. However, a guitar covers her breasts and vulva, though her butt can be seen sometimes Forrest's pubic hair can be seen completely A scene with prostitutes involved. Nothing explicit but it is part of the plot. Jenny and Forrest have sex at one point of the movie. Nothing so graphic, but it is clear what is happening. You can see breasts in a Playboy magazine. Fully exposed, but only noticeable if you look closely.

Violence & Gore

moderate

Overall not a lot of violence. 90% of the violence occurs during the Vietnam chapter, explosions, gun shots, dead bodies, etc. other than that nothing else happens except (non-graphic) punching and bullying. Some mild violence in the Vietnam scene. Some brief blood and Forrest gets shot; references to it made throughout. A man slaps Jenny and Forrest beats up people who abuse/"annoy" Jenny. Forrest finds and saves plenty of soldiers in the jungle during the Vietnam scene, and brings them to a safe area saving them. The men have blood on them, but its usually not very bad. One of the men hurts his legs so badly to the point that they had to be amputated. A prolonged scene takes place during the Vietnam War in which fighter planes drop incinerator bombs on a jungle, weapons are fired, and several men are shown being shot at and blown up; lots of gunfire, explosions, and shouting (as well as some blood) is present. The actual fighting isn't graphic, but it's violently intense and results in the death of at least one man and in the dismemberment of another man's legs; we also briefly see a bloody wound on a man's stomach and a man narrating the scene says he was shot in the buttocks (we briefly see the bullet hole on his buttock when he later shows the wound to another man). Men are later seen in a hospital, where we see men on gurneys hooked up to medical equipment and in various stages of injury, some with missing limbs; one man is briefly shown with half his face covered with a blood-stained cloth. Bullies insult, throw rocks at, and chase another boy (one rock hits him in the head and we see a little bit of blood). Later, the boy is shown older and he is again chased by bullies in a car. He manages to escape from the bullies both times, unharmed the second time. Some other more violent historical events are also shown, including newsreels of George Wallace getting shot (we see some blood) and assassination attempts on Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. The assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and John Lennon are also referenced, but not shown. Several fistfights occur throughout the movie that result in bloody noses, black eyes, and other minor injuries. One such fight ensues from a man's violent reaction to a woman getting slapped across the face and knocked to the ground. Lieutenant Dan loses his legs in Vietnam, he comes back in the film many times with no legs and later on prosthetic legs.

Profanity

moderate

The word "cripple" is used offensively a few times. Goddamn is used around 40 times. S*** Happens Sticker Was on Someone's Car. After Forrest Gump show his Buttocks, Lyndon B Johnson Laughed and Said "God damn Son" I use of "n****s" when referring to black students The word "Coon" is used to describe black people 1 use of the word "fucking" (non-sexual context) 10 uses of the word "shit", one of which is in writing.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

moderate

The movie contains moderate drug content but nothing too explicit as the camera usually cuts off before we see the direct usage. Lt. Dan becomes an alcoholic after the war. He drinks beer constantly. One scene shows Jenny snorting coke at a party. Cigarette smoking for the time period capture. A woman is shown snorting cocaine (very briefly). It is later implied that she had just injected herself with heroin. Cigarettes are shown in an ashtray in a hotel room. One man says a woman who was kissing him tasted "like cigarettes." Bongs, ashtrays, bottles of pills, needles, and other drug paraphernalia are shown a couple times (we never see them being used, however). A man smokes cigarettes and drinks alcohol in several scenes. We see empty bottles of alcohol littered around his apartment. We briefly see a bottle of alcohol in a man's hand as he runs out of a house.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

moderate

This film is overall quite depressing The film has a fairly bittersweet ending and may leave you feeling mixed emotions. There is non-graphic war violence A war scene in Vietnam is quite violent and has gunfire, explosions, and shouting. Some bloody wounds are shown and at least one man is killed. Soldiers are later seen seriously injured, and some with missing limbs and bandaged in a hospital. A man's legs are amputated (off screen) as a result of what happened in the aforementioned Vietnam War sequence and he is for some time depicted as being bitter and depressed and as having turned to alcohol to deal with his loss. Jenny deals with extensive emotional trauma as a result of being abused by her father, some might find that to be triggering. It's not directly implied but it can be assumed that a lot of her actions (being a prostitute/stripper, doing hard drugs, ect.) are because of that trauma.