Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
The 32nd animated feature to join the Disney family follows
a young lion as he learns to be a leader. Songs are by Elton John
and voices by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Whoopie
Goldberg, Cheech Marin, James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Rowan
Atkinson and Jeremy Irons. The film received 4 Oscar nominations and
2 awards (for Best Original Score and Best Original Song). Directed
by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff. [1:27]
SEX/NUDITY 0 - None.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Many scary scenes with bloody battles; several end in
death. Hyenas are involved in many of the fight scenes: one has its cheek slashed, others
are knocked around, one lands in a thorny patch and several fall into a brush fire. One
character is shown being trampled in a wildebeest stampede, and then he is shown falling
from a cliff to his death. Another character rolls down a long rocky incline, and almost
dies of heat exposure. There is a bloody fight ending with one of the participants being
killed by hyenas (off-camera). One character is dunked in a boiling pot.
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