• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Trendsetting '67 outlaw drama is violent, complex.

Why We Rated This for Ages 14–15

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Plenty of glorification of the outlaw lifestyle here. The titular criminals are played by two good-looking actors who create characters that are a lot more sympathetic (and sexy) than the lawmen in pursuit of them, many of whom they kill. Two supporting characters sadly contrast their criminal lives with their religious upbringings (it may say something that these two are the weak links who will bring down the gang).
• Violence:

  Considerable shooting, as well as pistol-whipping and reckless driving. Once this movie was considered the utmost in graphic carnage -- though far bloodier movies have come along since. Nonetheless, we are shown blood-reddened bullet wounds (a rare thing in those days) and an infamous climax with a lethal hailstorm of ammunition.
• Sex:

  Bonnie is dressed only in panties in her introductory sequence, though camera angles and editing obscure her breasts. Bonnie and Clyde's unsatisfying sex life is a reoccurring theme; she's sexually hotwired, perhaps a nymphomaniac, and Clyde is possibly homosexual, but the script wraps these diagnoses up in euphemisms and evasive dialogue (Clyde saying he's "no lover boy").
• Language:

  Pretty mild under the circumstances, with "hell" uttered a few times.
• Consumerism:

  Mention of store names, products with mostly a 1930s vibe.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Lots of smoking. Some drinking and talk of drunkenness.

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