Ferrari | 2023 | R | – 5.6.5

Why is “Ferrari” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “some violent content/graphic images, sexual content and language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a sex scene, an implied sex scene with partial nudity, several kissing scenes, discussion of children out of wedlock and infidelity, several scenes of car racing with accidents that lead to death and injuries, several arguments and discussions of business practices and the competitiveness of auto manufacturing, and about 10 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Character study of Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) set in the summer of 1957 when his automotive empire was teetering, as he was pushing his drivers to win a grueling 1,000-mile race across Italy, as well as dealing with the death of his son, the deteriorating relationship with his wife (Penélope Cruz) and his extra household with his mistress (Shailene Woodley) and their young son. Also with Patrick Dempsey, Giuseppe Festinese, Alessandro Cremona, Derek Hill, Leonardo Caimi, Gabriel Leone, Michele Savoia, Jacopo Bruno and Domenico Fortunato. Directed by Michael Mann. [Running Time: 2:10]

Ferrari SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A husband and his wife kiss passionately, he sits her on a dining table knocking dishes to the floor, he lifts her skirt (we see her bare thigh with stocking and garter belt) and opens his pants, thrusts and they moan; we later see them sitting in bed together. A fully nude man (we see him from behind and his bare back, buttocks and legs are shown) runs into a room and jumps onto a bed with a woman (she is wearing pajamas) where they kiss and sex is implied.
► A man and a woman kiss in bed before he dresses and leaves. A man grabs a woman around the back and hip and pulls her closer to him and she seems upset. A married man and a woman lie in bed together fully clothed.
► A woman tells a married man, “I’m pregnant,” and he lifts her up joyfully.
► A man wears boxer shorts and a tank T-shirt as he sings and dances while a woman wearing pajamas (cleavage is visible) sits in a bed holding a young boy. Women wear low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage in several scenes. A woman wears a full slip that reveals cleavage and we see her partially bare legs when she puts on stockings. Statues show male and female buttocks and male chests and abdomens. A statue depicting Jesus is shown in a church with his bare chest and abdomen visible.

Ferrari VIOLENCE/GORE 6

 – Cars speed along a country road where people line the edges and cheer; one car strikes something in the road that blows a tire and the car careens into the air, hits a power pole and slams into many people on the side of the road mowing them down (we see many bloody bodies including children and one person is shown cut in half at the waist with blood and matter visible).
► A car speeds around a track, the driver is unable to downshift on a turn, and the car sails through the air throwing the driver (we see the driver on the pavement dead) and slamming into a wall (we see the car crumpled). Cars speed on wet roads and pass each other on tight curves; two cars speed very close to each other and one car drives off the road and crashes into a boulder (the car is damaged but the driver seems unharmed), and many cars speed through towns with cheering crowds along the road and hay bales as guard rails. A fire burns on a track with smoke billowing and another car speeds through it, spins around but recovers (we see that the chassis is slightly charred).
► A woman retrieves a handgun from a drawer and threatens her husband with it during an argument; she shoots toward him and we see a hole in the wall behind him.
► A man reprimands drivers saying that they lack commitment and that they need to drive more aggressively. A husband and his wife argue about the death of their son from illness. A man talks to his deceased son in a cemetery. A man says that he hears voices of ghosts in his sleep. A woman says of her sons, “The wrong son died.” A man talks about having lost two friends in a few scenes. A man talks about having to build a wall as a self-defense mechanism, or choose a different profession after losing people in car crashes. A man is told that his business is going broke. A man is described as “Saturn devouring his children,” and a “widow maker.” A man complains that there is no ashtray in a car. A man says, “Freedom for a pigeon is pigeon pie.”
► Cars speed around tracks in several scenes. Cars speed on dirt roads and one flips and breaks apart; the driver is thrown without the result shown.

Ferrari LANGUAGE 5

 – About 10 F-words, 1 sexual reference, 9 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 5 mild obscenities, name-calling (widow maker, lynch mob, beatnik, deadly passion, terrible, geriatric, martyr, cheap hacks, sanctimonious, paranoia, scapegoat), 2 religious exclamations (e.g. God be with you, God’s way of punishing us). | profanity glossary |

Ferrari SUBSTANCE USE

 – Men drink wine with a meal, a man opens a bottle of wine and pours two glasses that he and a woman drink from, two men drink wine and beer while watching a car race on television, and a two glasses of wine are seen on a table (we do not see anyone drink). A man smokes a cigarette, and a racecar driver complains that there is no ashtray in the car.

Ferrari DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Auto racing, auto manufacturing, infidelity, mistakes, war, tragedy, car crashes, negligence, honor, death of a child, death of a parent.

Ferrari MESSAGE

 – Car racing can be deadly for drivers and spectators.