Dances with Wolves

15+Common Sense Media calls it a grand, sweeping journey with graphic violence for age 15+; Movieguide gives extreme caution for older teenagers and adults; Christian Answers rates it average for adults and young adults.[1][2][3]

• Sex & nudity: Couples, their bare shoulders visible, are briefly shown making love. Several scenes show partial nudity.[1]
• Violence: Both Native Americans and White settlers are brutally killed, many times close up, with rifles, knives, arrows.[1]
• Language: Language includes "Jesus Christ" (used as an exclamation), "I just pissed in my pants."[1]
• Drugs & alcohol: One character smokes a cigar. In many scenes, the cultural ritual of smoking a pipe is shown.[1]
• Frightening & intense: Intensely violent battle scenes between White soldiers and Native Americans.[1]
• Other: 6 profanities, dozen obscenities, violence, rear female nudity, promiscuity, theft, & fornication.[1]

Representation: The film has many complex, important Native American characters, though their story is told through the eyes of a white man.[1]

Family reviews:Plugged In ↗Common Sense Media ↗Dove ↗Movieguide ↗