Bonnie and Clyde
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Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Trendsetting '67 outlaw drama is violent, complex.
Why We Rated This
for Ages 14–15
What to watch out for
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What Parents Need to Know
About Bonnie and Clyde
Parents need to know that this was one of the first movies to get the newly minted R-rating. There are lots of shootouts and a violent finale in a hailstorm of bullets that was compared by commentators to the Vietnam War (yes it was) for graphic bloodshed -- though far gorier movies have since arrived to "entertain." There is a glorification of the anti-social outlaw lifestyle (but an awareness of how criminals manufacture such myths themselves, for the positive PR), and the main characters smoke and drink. Bonnie is sexually frustrated (discretely topless in her opening scene) with Clyde, who seems to have intimacy-impotence problems (in the original script he was gay, or at least bisexual). Their bedroom dysfunction is a recurring theme, though it's coached in tasteful euphemism.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the historical facts of Bonnie and Clyde compared with this movie, and the hero-worship legends built about their gang (and other outlaws, in fact, such as John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, whose bios were partially filched for this script). Do you think this movie glorifies robbery? Could it have ended peacefully? Do you think this film comments negatively on hero-worship of criminals, or was it part of the problem? What about the constantly under-indictment rappers of today, and their idolization of the likes of Al Capone and Scarface?
Our Members Say
Most Recent Reviews
Lives in FloridaI rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- Negative role models
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
Outside of 1962's The Manchurian Candidate, this is the closest thing American cinema of the 1960's has to the greatess of the French New Wave era.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
#27 AFI, #1 Gangster Film (My Opinion)
Bonnie & Clyde is unflinchingly graphic, considered excessively violent for its day. In the last scene the two characters are gunned down in slow motion, so know your kid if they can handle it. Don't be fooled because its unrated, it is R for the violence. But this movie is nevertheless flawless for the mature. Just a comment, I don't think this film glorifies being a gangster. Particularly towards the end, Bonnie & Clyde are unhappy and desperate. Obviously, it ultimately means crime doesn't pay.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it

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