Why is “Fountain of Youth” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “violence and action, and some language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes one cheek kiss between a man and a woman, several scenes of flirtatious banter, nudity in paintings including infant genitals and partial bare breasts, several gunfights that result in bloody wounds, car chases resulting in crashes, scenes (dreamt and real) of people rapidly aging and disintegrating, and some strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A man (John Krasinski) recruits his reluctant sister (Natalie Portman) to help him search for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Their adventure is funded by a billionaire seeking its rumored curative powers (Domhnall Gleeson), and complicated by an Interpol detective (Arian Moayed) and a mysterious woman (Eiza González), who are trying to stop them. Also with Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo, Benjamin Chivers and Stanley Tucci. Directed by Guy Ritchie. A few lines of dialogue are spoken in Thai without translation. [Running Time: 2:05]

Fountain of Youth SEX/NUDITY 3

 – Classical paintings that display nudity are seen and include partial bare breasts, men wearing loincloths with bare chests, and an infant Jesus’ genitals.
► A man says that a woman smells incredible and describes the smell as “The exotic aroma of danger”; he flirts with her, asking her if she also felt something when they last saw each other, and if they are on a date because she isn’t trying to kill him. A man asks a woman if they should “kiss and get it out of the way”; he leans in and closes his eyes, she does not kiss him and instead glares at him. A man asks a woman if she finds him impressive, she kisses him on the cheek and tells him that she will keep chasing him if he gives her a reason. A woman begins to unzip her jacket and a man responds by removing his scarf suggestively, and she then pulls weapons out of her jacket. A woman tells a man that he talks in his sleep and he asks, “Anything scandalous?”; she tells him that it depends on his definition. A woman discusses her ongoing divorce in a few scenes and says her husband “proved to be as loyal as a tomcat,” and she calls him a cheater and a “dog”; a man asks if calling a man a dog means “he could lick his own…” (he does not finish the sentence). A man and his sister discuss another woman and he describes the woman as fiery; his sister says they have “weird, dysfunctional chemistry,” the man asks if she thinks the woman is attracted to him, and his sister says, “This is why you’re still single.” In several scenes, people discuss the “Wicked Bible,” which includes a misprint that allegedly says, “Thou shalt commit adultery.” A man jokes to another man that his “girlfriend” has arrived, referring to a woman trying to kill him.

Fountain of Youth VIOLENCE/GORE 5

 – Shootouts take place in several scenes with people hiding from the gunfire, and several people are struck by bullets and collapse; we see some visible injuries (spots of blood on a person’s clothes) and bullet holes in cars, walls and furniture in a few of these scenes, without visible injuries in most scenes.
► People shoot assault rifles, mortars, and grenade launchers at approaching cars. A man uses a grenade launcher to shoot at a car and it explodes and flips over (we do not see the impact on the passengers).
► People fight on the sinking wreckage of a ship: they shoot at each other (some people are hit without visible injuries) and exchange punches and kicks, a man flips another man over his shoulder and he hits the ground, a woman smashes a chair on a man and he collapses, we later see several people struggling in the rising water, a man becomes entangled in netting under the water and a woman helps to free him; people surface from the sinking ship, gasping for air.
► A man shoots another man in the arm and he falls back (we see blood soak through his sleeve and smear on a pillar behind him); a woman wraps the wound, and we see a bloody spot and dripping blood in a few scenes. A man shoots another man repeatedly to test the healing ability of a magical pool of water; we see several shots to his chest as abstract holes with light shining through them and they are quickly healed. A man cuts his hand with a knife; we see blood dripping from his fist. During a fight, a man breaks another man’s arm (we do not see twisted or broken bones).
► A man rapidly ages when he enters a magical pool and begins to look necrotic; his flesh becomes gray and torn and his face looks pained. In several scenes, a man has dreams where he sees his family members rapidly age, and in some scenes, they disintegrate and crumble to dust and one scene shows him crumbling to dust. A man enters a magical pool of water and the water encircles him and appears to hold him in place while his face appears pained and he shouts when lightning strikes around him; he is released from the water unharmed.
► A man and woman fight on a second-floor balcony where the woman slashes at the man with a knife (she does not cut him), they run into shelves and tables, grappling and wrestling; the man reaches for something and a woman shoots at his hand, making him pull away, as she tells him she is going to have to kill him while threatening him with the gun; he says she has already tried to stab him in the eye. A woman wraps a rope around a man’s neck and attempts to strangle him; he wraps the rope around her ankle and throws her off a second-floor balcony where she hangs upside down, unharmed, and then calls out for someone to cut her down. A man shoots a pistol in the air and people around him scream and cower; he and other men chase a limping man, shooting at him.
► A woman holds a gun to another woman’s head and demands that a man hand over an important item. People are held at gunpoint and told to get on their knees and hold their hands above their heads, which they do. Several people get into a fight on a train exchanging punches and kicks (we hear the impact but do not see injuries); a man attacks another man with a garrote, a man smashes a plate on another man’s head, a man throws a decanter hitting another man in the head, a man head-butts another man, and a woman fights with a knife and plunges the knife into a table and later throws it and it embeds in a wooden door. Several people attack a man while he is walking with a child; the man tells the child not to be afraid, then fights the men, exchanging punches and kicks, and knocks the other men unconscious.
► A man successfully shoots at a helicopter; we hear the pilot say, “We’re hit!” and alarms sound and the helicopter flies away without crashing. A man drives a moped with a portable grill attached to the back (we see flames from the grill); he releases the hitch and the grill crashes into another car as flames surround the car and the people inside groan (no visible injury). In several scenes, people get in car chases that involve crashes and narrowly avoiding pedestrians: motorcycles crash and the drivers are thrown from the vehicles (without visible injuries or gore), mopeds and motorcycles drive through malls and crowded areas, and people scream and jump out of the way. A man drives a motorcycle through a glass pane and it shatters. A man crashes his moped into the side of a stopped car and he tumbles over the roof of the car, and then falls (he gets up and limps away with no visible injuries). A man drives recklessly, evading police, and a woman in the passenger seat screams.
► Women are knocked out with some kind of aerosol gas in a couple of scenes and each time someone catches the woman when she faints and sets her down, and we later see a woman groggily wake up on a park bench, unsure of where she is; another scene shows someone asking if the woman is dead and the person who drugged her says no.
► A man jumps from the top of a moving train and falls through the roof of a shack; we hear him groan in pain and see him limp away. A woman sets off a bomb, which she calls a “controlled directional explosive,” to blow a hole in the floor; we see and hear the explosion and several people escape a room through the hole. A man steals a painting, setting off alarms in a museum, and he narrowly escapes through closing security doors as a woman chases him.
► Several people explore secret areas of a pyramid, including a child; they run to escape traps, including large stones that could crush them, and disappearing staircases, one man falls from a disappearing staircase and plummets to his death (we hear him scream but do not see injury), and another man struggles to hang on to a ledge and a woman helps him up.
► A woman argues with a man about his refusal to comply with another woman who held the first woman at gunpoint; the man insists she wasn’t in true danger of being shot. People discuss the sinking of the Lusitania and mention that 1,000 people were killed. People discuss that a man is dying from liver cancer. A man receives calls from a contact labeled in his phone as “killer.” People exchange verbal threats: a man tells a woman that he is going to unleash his “lethal bodyguards,” also calling them “dogs of war.” A man tells another man he has a “big stick to clear the way,” and the other man replies that he has a “big stick to block the way.” A man tells another man that he is marked for “the chop-chop,” implying he is going to be killed. People discuss being fugitives from justice and “on the lam.” A boy asks his mother why she smells bad, and she says she had to crawl through a sewer. A boy tells his mother that he had champagne and she asks if he got drunk, to which he replies, “No, I’m eleven.”
► A classical painting is of a devil creature forcing a man to drink something.

Fountain of Youth LANGUAGE 3

 – At least 1 implied and non-enunciated F-word, 1 scatological term, 3 anatomical terms, 2 mild obscenities, name-calling (monkey, dummy, dumb, vicious, dysfunctional), 2 religious exclamations (e.g. thank God, sweet baby Jesus), 12 religious references (e.g. Virgin Mary, baby Jesus, Christ, paintings of Christ on the cross or carrying the cross, discussions of the Wicked Bible and heresy). | profanity glossary |

Fountain of Youth SUBSTANCE USE

 – People drink champagne and whiskey in several scenes, a woman appears visibly drunk and says she had three glasses of champagne and a man asks if she meant “three bottles,” and a man orders a glass of champagne for an 11-year-old boy in a restaurant and tells him not to tell his mother (he does tell his mother).

Fountain of Youth DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Ancient artifacts, the Fountain of Youth, divorce, cancer, parental death, losing custody of a child, curses, heresy, crime, escaping police, losing jobs, family conflict.

Fountain of Youth MESSAGE

 – Some insist that life is about all the adventures, big and small.