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.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous hero gets the Disney
treatment: After a shipwreck Tarzan's parents are killed by a leopard and baby Tarzan is
adopted by a family of gorillas. He grows big and lithe and then he meets Jane and fights
several men who want to capture his ape family. With the voices of Joe Whyte, Brian
Blessed, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen, Wayne
Knight, Alex D. Linz and Rosie O'Donnell. [1:28]
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A couple of kisses and some handholding. Tarzan tries to peek
under Jane's skirt -- out of curiosity.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A leopard chases a baby gorilla and then -- it is implied
but not seen -- she eats it. The same leopard chases a human baby (with a similar
nutritional intent in mind) during an extended scene, wounds a large gorilla, and
eventually fights Tarzan who's armed with a spear. At one point both Tarzan and the
leopard have scratches on them and they fall into a hole. The leopard is dispatched off
screen. We see two obviously dead bodies, partly hidden by furniture, and bloody leopard
footprints on the floor. A very large group of baboons pursue a man and a woman on a
high-speed chase through trees and other foliage. A hunter fires several shots into the
jungle but we don't see anything being killed. Gorillas in a playful mood ransack a camp
(they break dishes, tear books, etc.). Several men chase a man, capture him and imprison
him, along with other people they captured earlier. Several men chase and capture gorillas
in nets and cages. Gorillas and baboons attack and knock several men down. A man wrestles
a large gorilla, and two men fight each other. One man hits the other with a gun and one
man attacks with a machete. A woman gets between them and is knocked down. A man shoots
and fatally wounds a gorilla. A man is hanged when he falls through jungle vines (we see a
vine around his throat, and then see his dangling shadow). Several elephants panic and
almost trample a boy, a snake chases a boy and we see a shipwreck: the ship is on fire and
a family is trying to escape in a boat. A gorilla disapprovingly sniffs a soiled diaper.
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not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many
older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please
keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period.
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limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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