Wicked: Part I | 2024 | PG | – 3.4.2

Why is “Wicked: Part I” rated PG? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “some scary action, thematic material and brief suggestive material.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes an implied sex scene, a couple of kissing scenes, some flirting, discussions of love, several scenes of people dancing with gyrating hip gestures, a young woman being chased by winged monkey guards, two young women attempting escape in a hot air balloon that falls to the ground in flames, several scenes of uncontrolled magic causing property damage, scenes of animals in pain during transformation, animals being locked in cages and maltreated, a discussion of premature birth and death in childbirth, and some name-calling and exclamations. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Filmed musical take on the origin story for the Wicked Witch Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), as her powers of sorcery are discovered and she is granted a visit with the Great and Powerful Oz (Jeff Goldblum); the outcome is unexpected. Also with Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Keala Settle, Bronwyn James, Andy Nyman and Bowen Yang. Directed by Jon M. Chu. [Running Time: 2:40]

Wicked: Part I SEX/NUDITY 3

 – A husband leaves his wife at home to go to work and the wife opens the door for another man that enters and they drink from a bottle, dance around the house embracing and kissing, and it is implied that they have sex when she is later seen delivering a child (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details).
► A young man and a young woman dance, embrace and kiss. A young woman touches a young man’s head and face tenderly and we see a scratch seem to heal.
► A young man kisses a woman on the forehead and she seems to become smitten. Many young men and young women watch a new student arrive and several of them wave and smile at him in a flirtatious manner. Young men and young women dance during musical sequences and we see some gyrating hips and crotch grabbing. A young woman grabs a young man’s hand and holds it briefly.
► A young man obviously smitten with a young woman tells her, “I would do anything for you.” A young man flirts with a young woman and offers to take her back to her school; she declines and he seems offended. A young woman approaches a young man and flirts with him, and then walks away seeming disinterested and he follows her.
► A young woman wears a long sheer over dress and her legs to the hips are seen through the fabric; we later see her bare legs when the dress opens while she swings on a chandelier. A woman wears low-cut dresses in numerous scenes revealing her cleavage, bare shoulders and partial back. A young woman is laced into a tight-fitting bodice and dress by two other people (we see some cleavage). Several young women wear low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage. Women wear low-cut dresses and tops that reveal cleavage in a group dance sequence.

Wicked: Part I VIOLENCE/GORE 4

 – Many winged monkeys fly after a young woman running away through a hallway and the monkeys crash into windows breaking them and try to grab her. A young woman walks toward a book on a pedestal, it opens by itself and the pages flip frantically; the young woman reads words in an unrecognized language and we see a large monkey thrashing behind her, screeching and seeming to be in pain as feathers sprout on its hands and wings erupt from its back; the monkey flaps its wings and lifts off the floor, then slams back down to the floor and flips around in pain as we see many other monkeys going through the same thing as they each grow wings. After speaking a spell a broom levitates and flies up to a young woman that holds it as guards threatening her with swords surround her; she runs and crashes through a large window, falling toward the ground rapidly before figuring out how to use the broom to fly; she hovers in the air and flies away at a high speed chased by flying monkeys.
► A voiceover asks, “How dead is she?” and we see rubble and glowing embers around an area; the voice continues to say that the Wicked Witch is dead and that the “melting occurred after a bucket of water was thrown by a female child.” People in a village dance and sing about a wicked witch being dead and an effigy of the witch is burned. A young woman confronts a man and accuses him of “having no real power.”
► Two young women enter a room where a giant mechanical head speaks in a deep voice and moves toward them; they are startled until a man walks out from behind the head and introduces himself. A man uncovers a small cage where a young cat is seen inside trembling; the man raps the side of the cage with a stick and lectures about needing to keep young animals in cages to keep them from learning to speak. Several guards enter a classroom and grab the professor (a goat) by the horns, take him out forcefully and lock him in a cage while a student protests. Two young women are ushered by a large monkey guard and along a long hallway flanked by other monkey guards. A woman tells a room filled with monkey guards to follow and return “the green one.” A man complains about needing spies to detect seditious activity.
► A young woman jumps into a hot air balloon basket and another jumps from a platform while the balloon inflates and guards try to jump on to stop them; the balloon pops and falls to the ground in flames causing guards to jump out of the way yelling. A young man and a young woman grab a small cat out of a cage and run away with it to set it free. A song’s lyrics describe people dying off and not passing on the ability to read a language in a special book.
► A young woman becomes upset causing another young woman in a wheelchair to float off the ground, and many benches and other items are thrown around the area causing people to run and scream; the young woman in the wheelchair is set back on the ground unharmed. A young woman makes poppies float through a classroom causing many other young people to fall asleep. Several children tease another child for having green skin and call her names; she becomes upset and several rocks lift off the ground and are flung at the children that yell and run away; the bullied child is reprimanded by her father. A young woman becomes upset and a door slams, breaking the glass. A pregnant woman delivers a child after moaning during labor pains with the help of a talking hyena and bear; the husband sends the child away when she is seen to have green flesh. A newborn cries and several pieces of flatware are thrown into the ceiling.
► Many people in a reception area recoil and murmur when a young woman enters and she addresses them about her skin being green. Many young people move away from a young woman and laugh at her when she enters a dance. Two young women argue during a song about loathing each other; we see them struggling over seats in a classroom, and space in their shared room. Two young women struggle over a bottle that one of them sleeps with under her pillow. A goat talks about history and how there has developed a rejection of animal culture; he goes on to explain that there had been a great drought that caused people to search for someone to blame and the words “Animals should be seen and not heard” are scrawled on the chalkboard. A young woman tells another young woman that there must be a way to “de-greenify you.” A woman misspeaks and says, “We’ll find a place to hide you,” when a young woman arrives at a school. A child asks, “Why does wickedness happen?” Song lyrics include, “No one mourns the wicked.” A young woman says, “I don’t have any friends.” A young woman describes being scorned, laughed at, looked down upon and being told to “stop jabbering.” A man argues with his daughter to help her younger sibling get settled into her new school. Several animals gather and talk about a cow having gone missing after speaking out about “something bad happening.” A young woman tells another young woman not to dare say anything bad about another young woman. A young woman gives another young woman a hat to wear to a dance and laughs about it with her friends. A young woman confronts a young man about why he invited her to a dance and accuses him of “feeling sorry” for her. A young man asks a young woman why she is “always causing some commotion.” A young woman worries about a young man thinking and being moody.
► Many winged monkeys fly through the air and one picks up a spear-like stick. A large poster of a witch is seen and she has green flesh, very long nails and red eyes. A young woman tries to levitate a coin and we see a shadow of her hand looking like a claw with long nails. A woman walks alone in the dark through a forest and a young man and a horse charges toward her; the young woman falls down and the horse rears. A young woman tries to do magic using a wand, but is unable to make anything happen. Fireworks shoot into the sky over a city.
► A young woman excitedly runs through a field and levitates off the ground briefly. A child is shown in a wheelchair and we are told that she was delivered prematurely and her legs had not fully developed; we also hear that her mother died in childbirth. A young woman, a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man walk along a long path toward a large city as winged monkeys fly overhead.
► A young woman says, “I didn’t get my way,” and she seems to faint and is carried away by two other people. A woman floats inside a large bubble and pops the bubble to be able to hear people speak to her.

Wicked: Part I LANGUAGE 2

 – Name-calling (spectacle, tragically beautiful, defensiveness, beautifully tragic, unusual, martyr, disgusting, bad, perky, wicked witch, evil, twisted nature, sentimental man, mustache man, dearie, shallow, self-absorbed, Galindafied, truly bad, thoughtless, mindless, careless, hideous), exclamations (bless you, get stuffed, over my dead body, flying off the handle, spammed by a girl, ew, oh my golly, are you out of your mind), 3 religious exclamations (e.g. Heaven knows, my God, for God’s sake). | profanity glossary |

Wicked: Part I SUBSTANCE USE

 – A man and a woman drink from a bottle containing an unidentified liquid.

Wicked: Part I DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Magic, wickedness, opportunity, talent, prophecy, loathing, friendship, delusions of grandeur, discontent, discord, corruption, martyrdom, bravery, prophecy, mistrusting those that are different.

Wicked: Part I MESSAGE

 – Expect the unexpected. Doing the wrong thing just to get your way is not the right way.