Average Rating by Parents & Educators

They rate this title on for age 14 and up.

They give it five stars

Based on 9 reviews

Average Rating by Kids

They rate this title iffy for age 8 and up.

They give it five stars

Based on 17 reviews

Ratings at a Glance

100% of parents say there are good role models
67% of parents say it gives kids positive messages
67% of parents say it's too violent
33% of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate
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Most Recent Reviews

 

Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say

  1. I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    Great for older teens and anyone mature enough to handle it.

    A great movie. But only for people who are mature enough to handle it. There is a lot of blood, gore, and violence. There is a sex scene. There are also a few curse words. Basically this movie is definitely not for the easily offended. It does have a positive message however. It teaches those watching it that sometimes one must sacrifice everything if it means freedom.

  2. I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    Mel Gibson you dog!

    Great film, a few boobs, some graphic violence, other than that this film is utterly terrific!

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title on for age 15 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Good role models

    Should not be the first rated R movie ever seen, but will be enjoyed by all audiences about 16 or 17

    The themes are incredible, showing that main character's sense of honor is timeless and beautiful. The pervasive images of freedom goes to show all that we have is taken for granted. Be careful around the violence, and the sexual behavior, which is rather mild and not memorable, but definately inapropriate for most kids and worthy of pre-screening!

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0

    Mel Gibson's braveheart- outstanding, well done

    Mel Gibson's Braveheart is one of the best movies i have ever seen. This movie is about a man named william wallace (Mel Gibson) who is fighting for his and his mens freedom. They want Ireland to be left alone and be free. This movie contains lots of brutal warfare. A lot of scenes are bloody. The battle sequences last very long. there is only 1 nudity scene where it shows a women's breast for about 10 seconds. No language. Overall, this is one of the best movies i have ever seen.

  5. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Michigan
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 3.0

  6. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 4.0

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 5.0

    Amazing

    An extremely epic, extremely well- done, and an extremely historically inaccurate film. A personal favorite of mine. Quite bloody (A lot like Gladiator's level of violence) but not grotesque. (Not counting the gruesome scene of torture near the end). The raping of William Wallace's wife is rather on the scary side, but CSM is over-reacting about the sex scene between Wallace & his wife. This film is great, but you might want to give your kids a history lesson before and after viewing it, for it lacks facts. Acually, you might not want to show this to your kid at all. Know your kid. Squeamish? Just don't let 'em. Otherwise a grand film production.

  8. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 5.0

    Epic history

    What an incredible masterpiece. Very violent but a moving story that will draw you in from beginning to end. Mel Gibson shines!

  9. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Oregon
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 5.0

    Well Done

    This movie was very well done. However, it is also overdone in the terms of violence and such, which is why it earned an R rating. I think it would have been better without all the brutal, realistic gore.

 

Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say

  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • Good role models

    Bloody and Fantastic

    Violence is no stranger to me but I think if I saw the R-rated version of this movie I'd be fairly scarred. This movie was superb in its great revealence of William Wallace and it's frequent showings of struggles for freedom. I got the TV-14-V version thank God, my uncle saw this and said it was extremely graphic and bloody, and I thought it was graphic on television. Excellent movie, undoubtedly deserved Best Picture.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message

    Masterpiece

    This is another masterpiece! Please watch this movie.

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Indiana
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    Great Historical Drama

    This is an excellent movie. There is smome mature content though. Violence: Tons but the dimmemberment is either quick or implied. Sex: Implied Rape, a women's breast is shown, implied sex, and a butt is shown Language: Mild terms but 2 f-words Oh and to all of you who think this takes place in Ireland please learn some history it is in Scotland

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in New Hampshire
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    True Story of Freedom

    Okay for 14+. Best midevil war film ever. Woman are assaulted(sexually)

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title off for age 14 and give it 5.0

    Amazing Movie

    The best medieval war movie ever made in history!!! The action is realistic, the story is realistic. There is some content you need to skip, but otherwise, a must see for military war film fans.

  6. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0

    Fabulous

    This is an excellent medieval film. You don't see the sex and it isn't referred to either. The battle scene's are vry violent and I don't recommend parents letting children under 13 watching it.

  7. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    better than the godfather!

    this movie is awesome!!! all 3 hours of it!!!! although it does it has sex i barely even remembered it cause the action scenes were the things that stuck w/ me

  8. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in Oklahoma
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 3.0

    Never watched all of it...

    Cool wars!

  9. I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Amazing!!!!!

    Every teenager has seen movies with more violence and sex than this. Good grief, IT'S SCOTLAND AGAINST ENGLAND! Wallace HAS to be brutal and cold-hearted or else he would be pulverized! THIS IS HISTORY.....well the cinematic version at least.

  10. I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 3.0

    yet another "could have been..."

    Others have said that the sex scenes "aren't that bad". give it a rest. a sex scene, is a SEX SCENE. And actually, you could see quite a lot, which is why I couldn't even watch the rest because I had to turn it off. And apparently, the main character has sex with a woman NOT his wife, but the wife of another man. Nice role model there. Anyways, this movie had a lot of potential, and yes, I know, a lot of people love it, blah blah. But its still wrong to watch that kind of thing. Plus I have heard there is swearing in it, and some of the stuff I saw was pretty gruesome even in the beginning...but since this is Mel Gibson here...anyways, in one sentence, not a great watch, especially for kids and teens.

  11. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Hawaii
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    watch tv version

    the tv version takes out the tiny amount of f words. if your like me and your mom would have a heart attack if she heart just one, than watch the tv version.

  12. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Utah
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I LOVE mel gipson

    amazing very violent but so great, mel is an amazing director but only ages 16 and up

  13. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Awesome

    Amazing movie--one of my all time favorites, but extremely violent. I had to skip a few sex scenes while watching it.

  14. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Good movie

    This is a very good, yet very violent movie. But the Red rating in sex is pointless. They say "sex scenes" between William Wallace and his wife. There was only one, and it was NOT that bad. You should be worried about violence, not a little bit of nudity. They also say "Much ado about rape" There was NOT any rape aside from a bad guy TRYING to rape William Wallace's wife, and there wasn't any nudity there. It's the violence you should worry about.

  15. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Oregon
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Great Story

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