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Jules | 2023 | PG-13 | – 1.3.5
Why is “Jules” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a few references to romantic relationships, an extraterrestrial crash landing, several scenes of people monitoring telephone conversations, several arguments, discussions of aging and estranged families, dead cats, and at least 2 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.
When a man (Ben Kingsley) wakes up to find out that an alien vessel has crashed in his backyard, he doesn’t realize how his life will change when he meets the pilot. Also with Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin and Zoe Winters. Directed by Marc Turtletaub. [Running Time: 1:27]
Jules SEX/NUDITY 1
– A woman says, “I had my share of lovers.” A woman talks about her daughter and her daughter’s girlfriend and puts a T-shirt on an alien that has a joke about lesbians on it. A woman talks about medication that gives her sexual feelings and a man asks if she has any of the meds left.
► A woman wears a low-cut blouse that reveals cleavage. An alien is shown to be a humanoid covered in gray skin without anatomical features visible.
Jules VIOLENCE/GORE 3
– A woman finds a man in her room stealing her jewelry and she runs to call the police, the man tackles her to the floor and starts to strangle her and the scene ends; we later understand that the man is dead and that his “head exploded” (we see some blood on a sheet in the background of a scene when police question the woman and her shirt has blood splattered on the sleeve).
► We hear loud rumbling and see a flash of light while a man is asleep; the man investigates and we see a smoldering crashed vessel in his backyard with a shallow crater in the ground. A man wakes up to a metallic sound and finds an extraterrestrial being lying motionless on his patio (it is humanoid covered in gray skin without anatomical features visible). An extraterrestrial being’s head turns deep blue in a couple of scenes when it is concentrating on doing something.
► A man attempts to cross a busy road and we hear a car’s tires skid (the man is not struck). A man calls 911 to report a crashed UFO in his yard and he is told that making prank calls is a felony. A man calls his daughter and leaves a message that he is scared.
► Homeland Security agents pound on a man’s door, they break the door open and see an alien vessel lifting off and speeding away into the sky. Homeland Security agents pound on a man’s door and he and two women inside the house are afraid to answer; the agents are then called away.
► A woman argues with her father about going to a doctor for a checkup and the man storms out of the appointment when the doctor suggests that the man move to an assisted living facility; the man and his daughter argue and he later tells her, “I don’t need your help.” A woman is concerned when she finds a can of beans in a man’s bathroom closet and she asks him why they are there. A man complains of needing a crosswalk for safety reasons at several city council meetings. A man says, “I wasn’t good at being a dad, so I stopped.” A man asks a woman for her cat and says, “He’s pretty much dead”; she becomes upset at the idea of living without the cat. A man instructs a visitor to use the toilet to “do your business.”
► A woman holds her ailing cat on her lap and the animal quietly stops moving (implying that it is dead). A dead cat is shown on the ground and we see the remains flattened, and with a tire mark on its body. A man and a woman find a dead cat on the road (we see it from a distance); they scoop it up with a shovel and put it in the trunk of a car. We see a dead possum and a dead raccoon on the side of a road. An extraterrestrial covers seven dead cats with a blanket and we see movement until what looks like a blood-red orb is formed and placed in a space vessel as a power source.
► A woman sits on a toilet (we do not hear any sounds or see any flesh). A man eats burned pizza.
Jules LANGUAGE 5
– At least 2 F-words, 2 mild obscenities, exclamations (oh my, sucking up, you set me up, oh my goodness), 2 religious profanities (GD), 4 religious exclamations (e.g. good Christ, oh my God, oh dear God, I swear to God). | profanity glossary |
Jules SUBSTANCE USE
– None.
Jules DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Aging, dementia, estranged families, friendship, extraterrestrial life, secrets, Homeland Security, self-control.
Jules MESSAGE
– Aging can be a challenge for everyone involved.
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