Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World | 2023 | PG-13 | – 3.5.2

Why is “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “some sports violence.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a few implied sex scenes, a couple of kissing scenes, discussions of infidelity and divorce, many boxing sequences that include bloody and swollen faces and a few knockouts during boxing matches, a man collapsing unconscious after a fight, a woman at risk of losing her unborn child, and some strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Based on the story of the life of professional boxer George Foreman (Khris Davis), following his rise to Olympic Gold medalist, to World Heavyweight champion, to the disappointment of the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali, and finally to retiring and becoming a preacher. Also with Jasmine Mathews, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., John Magaro, Sam Trammell, Sonja Sohn, Forest Whitaker and Shein Mompremier. Directed by George Tillman Jr.. [Running Time: 2:09]

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World SEX/NUDITY 3

 – A woman wearing a low-cut dress looks at a man across the room at a party and he finds her sitting on his bed later when he goes to his room; she touches his face and sex is implied. A young woman wears a halter top that reveals cleavage and sits on a man’s lap showing him a piece of paper that reads, “I want to see George’s moves” (sex is implied).
► A man and a woman kiss at their wedding. A man and a woman hold hands while walking. A man approaches a woman in a church and flirts with her; the woman later tells him that he did not have a godly reputation. A woman answers the telephone in her home and tells the person on the other end to stop calling her house; she later confronts her husband about his evident numerous affairs.
► A young woman wears a very short skirt that reveals her bare legs to the upper thighs and a man speaks to her and asks to see her again; she then takes his number. Boxing sequences show men shirtless and wearing trunks (bare chests, abdomens, legs to the knees and backs are seen). A man showers and we see his bare shoulders and chest. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage. A woman wears a leotard while carrying a round card in a boxing ring (we see bare legs to the hips and cleavage).

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World VIOLENCE/GORE 5

 – Many boxing sequences show men fighting in a ring, sparring and in competitive matches, with heavy punches landing accompanied by amplified sounds of impact and boxers falling to the mat after a heavy punch to the face and body; we see boxers with swollen and bruised faces and sometimes spitting blood. A boxer takes many body blows against the ropes in several rounds of a title fight, exhausting his opponent and a couple of head punches send him to the mat. A boxer is struck hard in the face and falls to the mat where he dribbles blood from his mouth while trying to get back up.
► Two young men watch as a seemingly inebriated man leaves a bar and stumbles across the road, they follow him and tackle him into an alley where they rob him and pull out a police badge from his pocket; the young men run away, they are chased by a police car and one young man hides under a house and covers himself with sewer waste to hide his scent from a police dog that searches for him; the young man coughs and gags after the police leave. A young man looks in his duffle bag for a pair of shoes and becomes upset that they have been stolen; he sees another young man wearing them, chases him through a building, punches a hole in a door to open it, and shoves the other young man through a window holding him by the arm as a man enters the room yelling. A man becomes furious when he is told that another man lost all his money investing in risky stocks; he finds the man drinking in a bar and slams him against a wall, holding him around the throat. A boy in a school lunchroom watches other children eating their lunches and he has no food; another boy teases him calling him “poor man,” and throws a piece of chicken skin on the ground telling the other boy to go get it and the other boy stands up and punches him hard in the face (the boy falls to the floor with some blood on his nose).
► We hear that a pregnant woman is in the hospital with complications and that she might lose her baby and her mother says that they need a miracle and have to pray; a man kneels on the ground and pleads for God to take him and not his sister’s baby. A man seems to be hearing things and seeing things after a boxing match and he collapses to the floor; another man in the room says that he has a faint pulse and they put him on a table where he lies motionless and then sits up gasping after saying, “I don’t want to die,” and “I believe.” A woman wakes up with a start from a nightmare.
► A man punches a heavy bag in a few scenes and the impact is amplified to suggest a very powerful punch. A man is shown training and we see him pulling a car behind him, carrying a calf on his shoulders and wearing layers of clothing while jogging; he vomits against a tree in one scene (we see goo). We see police officers locking up a building after it has been foreclosed by the bank.
► A man discourages a young man from thinking that it would be possible to train and be ready for the Olympics in just one year. A man tells another man that he is too old to get back into the ring to box. A man goads another man in a few scenes (they’re boxing opponents). A man makes fun of the way another man boxes and the other man walks up behind him, startling him. A man tells another man, “I hated you” and, “I wanted to kill you.” Two young men argue about one of them playing music in a dorm room when the other is trying to study. After reprimanding a young man for bad behavior a man tells the young man he is either going to prison or going back home. A young man tells another young man that he should not be celebrating a country that doesn’t love him back after an Olympic success. A woman answers the telephone in her home and tells the person on the other end to stop calling her house; she later confronts her husband about his evident numerous affairs. A man is described as being dispirited after a loss. A man preaches on a street corner and people tease him as they walk by. A woman pleads with her son not to fight at school or he will be held back again and he’ll never be able to catch up. A voice-over states, “I was 28 years old when I died.” A voice-over states, “Nothing came easy.” A man tells another man, “Lying is a sin.” A man says that the “risk isn’t losing, it’s surviving.”
► A boy raises his hand to read aloud in school and the teacher ignores him seeing that he is wearing tattered clothing and has holes in his shoes. Children in school murmur and point at a new student as he enters the building. A woman moves into a dilapidated house with her four children and breaks a small sandwich into four pieces for them to eat; one boy says, “I’m so hungry I could eat this table.” We understand that a boy was held back in school after being expelled for fighting.
► Two young men talk about fewer beans causing less gas and one of them makes flatulent sounds with his mouth.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World LANGUAGE 2

 – 2 scatological terms, 1 mild obscenity, name-calling (fool, poor man, ugly, beast, underdog, world-class clown, ghetto whopper, old dog, pretty boys, suckers, chump, rope-a-dope, dope, circus act, you’re old, chump change), exclamations (jeez, are you out of your doggone mind), 16 religious exclamations (e.g. God, oh God, God Knows, hallelujah, praise Jesus, I’m gonna follow God, praise God, God bless you, thank you Jesus, be Godly, oh my Lord, Jesus was a cuss word to me, the Lord is my shepherd, God help him, let the Lord take me now). | profanity glossary |

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World SUBSTANCE USE

 – Two young men share a bottle of alcohol while standing on a street, and people dance and drink alcohol at a party and one man seems inebriated. A man smokes a cigarette in a car.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Professional boxing, 1960s, family, bullying, potential, finding your purpose, infidelity, faith, trust, forgiveness, divorce, respect, rage.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World MESSAGE

 – Finding your purpose in life can be a challenge.