Parents guide

At the beginning of the movie, crude behavior by navy men. They mold a naked woman's body out of sand and one of them mimes sex with it.

A woman is shown on top of Freddie. Both are fully naked and are having sex. Her breasts are shown for an extended amount of time. At one point Freddie says his penis fell out of her and she has to put it back in.

In a directed exercise, Peggy reads crude sex language to Freddie.

A woman unbuttons her top and shows her breasts to Freddie.

Peggy gives the Master a standing handjob seen from the rear with some motion noticeable. He is seen to orgasm. Several times she says "Come for me."

In a sequence in Freddie's imagination, all the women in the room are fully nude and shown naked for an extended time.

Several men wrestle on a beach while a group of others cheer them on.

Freddie becomes violent, attacking cops when they arrest Dodd and later destroying the majority of his jail cell. No gore.

Freddie attacks a man who criticized Dodd's book.

Freddie says he killed a few Japanese soldiers during the war.

In the jail scene, Freddie hits several things violently like a toilet or a bed. No graphic violence or blood, but the scene is more disturbing than anything.

Freddie attacks another person, but this is only heard from behind a door.

While working in a department store and likely drunk, Quell grabs a mans' tie and they begin tussling. Freddie throws a few items. The fight ends very quickly with no gore.

40 uses of "f*ck"; most of them take place in one short scene.

4 uses of "sh*t".

A few uses of "c*ck".

Three uses of "p*ssy" and one use of "c*nt".

"Wh*re" is said once.

The film opens on the protagonist drinking alcohol and smoking a cigarette while other people enjoy an activity in a separate group.

Alcohol is served during a wedding reception, and the father of the bride appears drunk.

Several military sailors and personnel smoke cigarettes.

Freddie hides while drinking a few times.

Peggy makes Freddie and the Master promise to stop drinking.

Pervasive depiction of alcoholism.

The protagonist makes all kinds of alcoholic drinks mixed with deadly toxins and drugs, such as paint thinner and some sort of crushed pill, drinks them throughout the movie, and shares with many.

Although the film does not directly make judgments on Freddie's actions, the ravages of alcoholism are clearly shown.

Period accurate smoking throughout the film, but not by Peggy, Doris, Elizabeth, or Helen.

Freddie's violent outbursts can be frightening.

Some emotionally intense scenes.

Freddie's drunken and sexual actions can be disturbing, particularly to those who have experienced alcoholism or have loved ones who have dealt with it.