The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for some mild violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • One instance of someone referring to an animal "in heat."

Violence & Gore

  • A man kidnaps his son and knocks an old woman to the ground while leaving.
  • Some characters are shot, others are shot at.
  • Huck kills a boar, then wipes his blood on the wall.(This is far less gruesome than it sounds, but we still se the boar-blood)
  • Huck and another boy are engaged in a fistfight at the beginning. The other boy gets a bloody nose.

Profanity

  • About 8 uses of "hell," most of them "hell's bells" said by Huck.
  • 11 uses of "damn" (including a few "damn it" and "damned"), 5 uses of "God," and 3 uses of "bloody."
  • 1 use of "honest Injun."
  • Several mild British exclamations, including "blooming" and "blinking."
  • Huck calls another boy a "lard ass" early in the film.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Men are very often seen drinking alcohol.
  • Two men get a man drunk to get information from him.
  • Twice Huck is seen smoking a pipe.
  • Tobacco is referenced once.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are a good number of frightening scenes in this movie.
  • Huck's "pap" threatens to kill him, and nearly carries out the threat with a knife.
  • Huck and Jim come across a wrecked boat. They board it, and Huck overhears two men threatening to kill another men. A dead body, with a bullet hole shown in its forehead, falls on top of Jim. It is implied obviously that all three men die as the ship sinks.(Huck and Jim barely make it off)
  • A slave is whipped.(we just see the man swinging the whip, the impact is not shown)
  • Huck is shot at the end, and they make it look like he died. (He wakes up safe and sound)

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • One of Huck's friends, a young boy, is killed in a feud (we don't see the actual shooting, but we hear the gunshot, and we see him lying dead in the water).

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Jim is soon after seen with several deep, long cuts in his back(from a whip).

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