Parents Guide for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) More at IMDbPro »

Frollo really lusts after Esmeralda. During a musical number, he sees a curvaceous apparition of her and sings about the temptation of sin and of the "...burning desire in his skin..." and he states "...be mine or you'll burn..."

Esmeralda pulls a scarf from her cleavage in two different scenes.

Frollo kills Quasimodo's mother by kicking her away from him and causing her to hit her head on the steps of the church. This scene is cut very quickly and is not graphic. Frollo then proceeds to almost throw the infant Quasimodo down a well.

Frollo sets fire to a home with its family still inside. Phoebus bursts in and saves the family. Frollo then considers him a traitor and has a soldier hit him on the head with the butt of his sword. The soldier then prepares to behead Phoebus, but rocks thrown by Esmeralda distract them. Phoebus then punches them in the face and flees on horseback. They chase him and fire arrows, one of which strikes him in the back. He falls from the bridge he's crossing and disappears underwater (Esmeralda saves him).

There's a scene when 2 characters are hanging from height from the hot fire. One falls in the fire as the other one falls but is saved by another character.

Use of terms "hell" and "damn," in religious context

Esmeralda's goat is occasionally seen with a pipe in his mouth as he and Esmeralda move about the town in disguise as an old man.

The opening scene in which Quasimodo's mother is killed by Frollo can be disturbing.

Quasi is placed on a pedestal during the festival. A soldier throws and hits Quasi with a tomato. Soon, everyone is pelting him with vegetables. Then, ropes are thrown around him and he's tied to the pedestal where the pelting continues. Younger children may be frightened by this scene.

Frollo's "Hellfire" song in which he openly lusts after Esmeralda features frightening images of hooded figures and abstract shadows that torment Frollo.

One character begins to be burned at the stake (but is saved) and frightening expressions are given by Frollo.

The final moments in the heights of the cathedral can be intense for younger viewers.