Why is “Eleanor the Great” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “thematic elements, some language and suggestive references.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes several sexual references, discussions of the Holocaust and descriptions of events suffered by a woman and her family, a woman collapsing in a store, discussions of the death of loved ones, discussions of aging, several arguments, and some strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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After the death of her lifelong friend, a woman (June Squibb) moves in with her daughter and grandson while struggling with grief, until she is welcomed into a group at a local community center and gets to share a story that will change her life. Also with Erin Kellyman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, Rita Zohar, Will Price, Lauren Klein and Stephen Singer. Directed by Scarlett Johansson. [Running Time: 1:38]

Eleanor the Great SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A woman tells another woman to thank her husband for “the other night,” (implying something sexual) and the other woman becomes upset. A woman says that everyone thinks old people aren’t sexual and goes on to say that she misses sex. A woman teases her adult daughter about having dated up a storm when she was in high school and tells the woman’s teenage son that her nickname was the “class mattress.” A woman quizzes her adult daughter about her divorce and whether she is dating (the woman becomes upset).
► Teen girls dance at a Bat mitzvah reception and swing their hips. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage.

Eleanor the Great VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 – A woman collapses in a grocery store and we see her in the hospital later; another woman says that she is concussed.
► A woman reprimands a young man in a grocery store for being dismissive about another woman looking for an item. Two women argue in several scenes. A woman yells at her mother about lying to people about her life. A young woman yells at her father about shutting her out after her mother died. A woman attends a Holocaust survivor support group and shares several traumatic memories of her friend’s time being held in Auschwitz and having to work in the munitions factory because she had small hands; she also talks about her friend’s brother being gunned down when he jumped from a train and tried to run away. A woman describes being taken into someone’s home and living in their closet to hide from soldiers. A young woman cries when she talks about the death of her mother. A woman says, “Hitler took my smile.” A woman remarks about how much weight another woman lost after her husband died. We understand that a woman died and her best friend and roommate moves in with her adult daughter and grandson. A woman asks if an assisted living community has a morgue on-site. A young woman talks about her mother dying recently. A woman says that she is about to “hurl” while blindfolded in a car (she does not). A young woman seems nervous about her father reading some of her work and bites her nails.

Eleanor the Great LANGUAGE 4

 – 1 obscene hand gesture, 4 scatological terms, 6 mild obscenities, name-calling (sarcastic, one good Jew, crazy, idiot, selfish, heartless, people are just weird), exclamations (oh come on, that’s cute, hold on, oh my dear), 18 religious exclamations (e.g. oh my God, oh God, so help me God, my God, God no, God saved me, a man and a woman discuss the Torah). | profanity glossary |

Eleanor the Great SUBSTANCE USE

 – Two women drink wine with a meal, people are shown in a restaurant with an open bottle of wine on the table, and a woman drinks a beer from a bottle.

Eleanor the Great DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Grief, the Holocaust, political agendas, environmental issues, surprises, heartbreak, the psychology of loss, consequences, deception, truth, intentions.

Eleanor the Great MESSAGE

 – Everyone deals with their grief differently.