Inglourious Basterds was, to put it simply, one of the best WWII movies ever made. You could put it up there with Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List. But unlike those, which are both (mostly) historically accurate and dead serious war films, Inglourious Basterds is a very typical Tarantino film with a WWII plot. That does not mean that it's not a good war film. Like some of Tarantino's earlier work, the film is split into several "chapters" that at first are seperate, but the two different assassination plots by two different people (and their cohorts) intertwine in the end. As far as content goes...it's typical Tarantino. This film is thick with gunfights, scalpings, stabbings, beatings, scenes of strangling, and more, including a scene of torture. Blood and gore are very, very frequent; this is Tarantino, after all. However, it's certainly not as violent as Kill Bill or Reservoir Dogs. Language is pretty strong, with quite a few f-bombs (though not as many as Reservoir Dogs), as well as milder stuff. There's also a very brief scene of someone having sex with his mistress; while somewhat graphic, there's no nudity, and the scene's intended to be funny. There's also a lot of (period-accurate) smoking and drinking, and Aldo uses snuff. Overall, if your teen's over 14 and is a fan of Tarantino's work, he/she's fine. If they haven't seen any Tarantino film, I would have to raise the age recommendation to 16 and up.