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- Sex & Nudity (4)
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- Profanity (6)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (3)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (5)
- Spoilers (6)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- There is a brief sex-related use of "turned on".
- When the family sees the leg lamp, Ralphie touches it suggestively.
- A man has a lamp stand that is shaped in the form of a woman's leg wearing a fishnet legging and a high heel, and the movie's narrator references it as..."electric sex gleaming in the window."
- There are some mild references throughout the movie.
Violence & Gore
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- A boy is shown with a black eye after a playground run-in with two bullies.
- There's a scene where a boy is fighting another boy for bullying him. The fight is intense, and the boy is seen his nosebleed. Moderate blood.
- When Mrs. Parker talks with Mrs. Schwartz over the phone to identify the latter's son as the source of where Ralphie picked up the F-word, the woman from the other end of the phone is heard spanking her son - presumably with the receiver.
- Ralphie daydreams about himself killing bad guys with a BB gun by shooting them in the butt.
- In some scenes boys get into fights. In one scene 2 boys and the main charecter get into a severe fight with pushing and punching and shows a nose bleeding.
- A dog's ear is caught in a door.
- A cooked duck is served for dinner near the end, and its head is chopped off.
Profanity
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- 4 uses of "Oh my God"
- Very mild profanity through out the film. And nothing too strong.
- Ralphie says son of a bitch.
- In a two-minute sequence, "the big mother of all swear words: F dash dash dash" is dwelt upon. (The main character says "Oh fudgeeeeeeeeeeeeee." on screen, but the narrator says that he really says the f word.)
- The father and a few boys say "hell", "son of a bitch", "damn", and "smart ass". The father does a lot worse cursing, and the fact that he does so is a significant plot point. It should be noted that most of his cursing is heard as nonsense.
- A boy shouts numerous Yosemite Sam-like obscenities while beating up a bully.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- The parents have a glass of wine in one scene. The father offers some to his son but his mother says he can't have any.
- One brief moment when the boy spits (tobacco, presumably) during a western daydream.
- Delivery man is smoking a cigar.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- A young boy anxiously waits in a closet because he thinks his brother will be severely punished.
- A woman puts a bar of soap in her son's mouth as punishment for using profanity. The boy dreams of becoming blind, fearing the possible negative consequences of having soap in his mouth.
- Santa is mean to the kids, he pushes a kid down a slide with his shoe.
- A dream sequence features the adults in the child protagonist's life mocking him and chanting, "You'll shoot your eye out." The boy's teacher is dressed as a witch.
- There are two bullies who torment the main character, his brother and friends (twisting their arms, throwing snowballs, shoving etc)
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- A boy is heard being yelled at by his mother over the phone and it is implied she beats him.
- A boy shoots himself in the face with a red Ryder gun (on accident) he is shown with a little bump on his eye.
- A boy gets his tongue stuck to a frozen metal pole.
Profanity
- One use of "Fudge", an alternative of "F word".
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- A boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole.
- The scene where Ralphie beats up the bully is not a "feel-good" moment that one sees in other films, rather it is very intense and emotional. When his mother comes to break up the fight, he is emotionally distressed and breaks down crying.
