Reagan | 2024 | PG-13 | – 1.4.3

Why is “Reagan” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “violent content and smoking.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a few embraces and kisses, a couple of assassination attempts, a passenger plane being shot down without survivors, discussions of tensions between countries and fear of war, discussions of communist infiltration, many arguments, many characters smoking and drinking some to excess, and some strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Biopic about Ronald Reagan (Dennis Quaid) from his time as an actor in Hollywood, to being elected Governor of California and eventually becoming President of the US in 1980. Also with Mena Suvari, C. Thomas Howell, Penelope Ann Miller, Amanda Righetti, Jon Voight, Justin Chatwin, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Sorbo, Xander Berkeley, Lesley-Anne Down and Robert Davi. Directed by Sean McNamara. [Running Time: 2:15]

Reagan SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A man and a woman kiss. A husband and his wife kiss deeply and embrace. A husband and his wife embrace and kiss each other on the cheek. A husband and his wife embrace and he kisses her on the forehead.
► A man and a woman dance. A young woman or teen calls for help while in the water to have a lifeguard come to help her; he swims to her and carries her out of the water. A woman flirts with a man and becomes nervous when she tells him that she can ride a horse, but has never ridden.
► Protestors call out the phrase, “Make love not war,” and we see the same phrase on signs.
► A man suffering from a bullet wound is taken to the hospital where his clothes are cut off, revealing his bare chest and abdomen. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage and her bare back. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage.

Reagan VIOLENCE/GORE 4

 – A gunman in a crowd of people and Secret Service agents shoots a gun toward a man and we hear that a man was shot in the head and another man was killed. A man with blood in his mouth is wheeled on a gurney into a hospital, his clothes are cut off and we see a bloody bullet wound on his chest. Newsreel footage of Pope John Paul II being shot is shown and we see that the Pope has slumped down in his vehicle after being shot; we later hear that he has been given last rites, but survived. Soviet bombers fly next to a Korean passenger plane and fire on it; the airliner is struck in the tail and it falls through the clouds and we understand that it crashed; we hear that 269 passengers onboard were killed. In a situation room, a president considers launching nuclear weapons (he imagines nuclear strikes in NY and other large cities) but it is soon revealed that a flock of geese triggered a warning system.
► Three men (Russian leaders) die in quick succession from implied overindulgence in smoking and drinking. We hear that a newborn died the day she was born as we see her parents visiting her grave. We hear that a man’s mother died.
► A woman yells at speechwriters. A wife argues with her husband about his acting career drying up and that she is upset about his pursuit of a political career. A man and a woman argue. A man is shown passed out on his front stairs after drinking heavily and we hear that he had a drinking problem. A woman says that a man drinks to make him forget. A man drinks a bottle of beer and throws the bottle at a sign in frustration breaking the bottle. A man tells a woman that her husband shouldn’t ride horses anymore; he says that he got lost earlier and the man fears that he will be thrown.
► A preteen boy is bullied by other boys and his mother tells him to stand up to them; he takes off his glasses and walks toward them and we understand that they fight but do not see the action. People protest on a university campus and authorities discuss calling out the National Guard. Act-Up protests are seen and headlines about the spread of AIDS through the gay community and treatments are shown.
► A man says, “I am about to start the biggest war.” People discuss trading arms for hostages. People discuss the Cuban blockade and the Berlin Wall. Voiceovers refer to the Soviets trying to infiltrate Hollywood. People discuss seizing power by force. People discuss a defensive shield to be used to defend against nuclear attacks. Images of mushroom clouds erupting into the air are shown a few times. People talk about spreading communism. A man is told, “They hate you.” A character says that we are “one generation from extinction.”
► While surrounded by surgeons in an operating room, a wounded man says, “Please tell me you are Republicans.” After being shot, a man says, “I forgot to duck.” A man does many TV ads for products and on-stage in a casino and appears very upset by doing so. People gamble in a casino. A man stumbles over his words during a debate practice and seems unable to focus. A man is referred to as the “oldest president in history.” A young woman or teen calls for help while in the water to have a lifeguard come to help her; he swims to her and carries her out of the water.
► We see an IV bag filled with blood. We hear that a man has a tattoo of a tiger on his buttocks. A man talks about changing a child’s diaper. A goldfish is seen floating at the top of a fish bowl and a man feels responsible for killing it (it belonged to a young boy).

Reagan LANGUAGE 3

 – 1 anatomical term, 4 mild obscenities, 1 derogatory term for African-American people, name-calling (old spy, comrade, the crusader, fool, commies, cook, act of barbarism, dangerous cowboy, zealot, evil empire, scaredy-cat, insane, enemies of freedom, chaos, Nancy pants, useless numbers, good deal democrats, bitter), exclamations (look buster, lawyering up, bedtime for Bonzo, giddy up, whatever), 12 religious exclamations (e.g. God help me, God bless America, God’s will, are we Gods, God has a purpose, God, oh for Heaven’s sake). | profanity glossary |

Reagan SUBSTANCE USE

 – There are references to the “Just Say No” anti-drug program. People drink cocktails and wine in a restaurant, a man drinks vodka while taking prescription drugs, people drink in a crowded bar, a man is shown passed out on his front stairs after drinking heavily, we hear that a man had a drinking problem, a man drinks a bottle of beer, a man and a woman drink glasses of wine in a restaurant, a man drinks a glass of brandy and smokes a cigar, and a woman drinks a cocktail quickly before leaving a restaurant. A man smokes in a meeting room, a woman smokes on a movie set, people smoke in a restaurant, people smoke in many other scenes, and a reference is made to quitting smoking.

Reagan DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Ed Meese, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Leonid Brezhnev, Viktor Petrovich, Margaret Thatcher, George Schultz, Tip O’Neill, Caspar Weinberger, John Poindexter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Yuri Andropov, Nicaragua, Grenada, the Iron Curtain, the Iran-Contra hearings, nuclear disarmament, communism, death of a child, the air traffic controllers’ strike, the Cold War, FBI informants, fundamentalism, impeachment, Ronald Reagan’s assassination attempt, Pope John Paul II’s assassination attempt, the KGB, the fall of the Soviet Union, the American Dream.

Reagan MESSAGE

 – Everything happens for a reason.