The Passion of the Christ
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Sex & Nudity

At the end when Jesus arises, you know that he's naked but nothing is shown, just the hole in his hand.

Violence & Gore

Jesus is handcuffed to a pole and brutally whipped. He falls, gets up and the soldiers change the whipping weapon from a small rope to a chain-like whip with hooks on the end. The cuts shown are very realistic. Jesus is covered in blood and his blood spurts on the soldiers' faces and on the ground. This scene is very brutal, graphic, and heavy. Mary is given towels to clean up the blood after the whipping is over.

A man hangs himself from a tree.

A crown of thorns is placed on Jesus' head. A soldier pushes the thorns into his head using a stick.

Throughout almost the entire movie, Jesus is completely covered in blood and cuts.

A soldier's ear is cut off.

When Jesus is placed on the cross, nails are hammered into his palms and feet. This scene is very graphic and is not for the faint of heart. Much blood is shown.

A man's eyes are pecked at by a crow. Blood is shown.

After Jesus has died, a soldier plunges a spear under his rib to make sure he is dead. A very large amount of blood spurts out.

Profanity

D*** is said once used as "d*** you, I've never seen him"

The romans seem to be drunk when flogging Jesus and as he walks through the street,

The scenes of violence are very disturbing, intense and frightening, especially to young children. Brutal to watch.

There is a few scenes where the devil is shown. His face is not that frightening, but the whole demonic prescence may be frightening.

Towards the end, the devil is shown holding what seems to be a demon baby, and he is screaming. This scene will probably frighten viewers.

Judas starts to see demons after he turns Jesus in.

A dead camel is shown. This will frighten some viewers.

When Jesus is nailed to the cross, the scene isn't very "frightening", but is very disturbing and heavy.

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MPAA:
Rated R for sequences of graphic violence.
Certification:
Portugal:M/16 / Japan:PG-12 / Australia:M (edited version) / China:(Banned) / Argentina:16 / Australia:MA / Brazil:14 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) (edited version) / Canada:16+ (Quebec) / Canada:18A / Chile:14 / Denmark:15 / Finland:K-18 / France:-12 / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:III / Iceland:16 / Ireland:15A (edited version) / Ireland:15PG (original rating) / Ireland:15 (video rating) / Italy:T / Malaysia:(Banned) (except for Christians) / Mexico:C / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R15 (edited version) / New Zealand:R16 (original rating) / Norway:15 / Peru:14 / Philippines:PG-13 / Poland:15 / Singapore:M18 / South Korea:15 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:15 (re-rating) (edited version) / UK:18 (original rating) / USA:R (original rating) (certificate #40366) / USA:Unrated (edited version)

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