The Italian Job (1969)

Violence is moderate but always cinematic. Several explosions and cars crashing, with little consequence in regard to human lives. Only the vehicles are shown to be damaged. Characters point guns at each other. The narrative is built around an ambush and a theft. Some fighting -- some with baseball bats, including one man who is knocked off his motorbike by one. A character is pushed by their backside onto a bus by a stranger.

Characters are seen in lingerie. Group sex is alluded to but not seen. Reference to sexual activity when a character describes others as "doing it."

Use of the word "bloody."

Several characters are seen smoking and drinking, usually in business meetings and at dinner parties. One character smokes a cigar. Another swigs from a bottle while stuck in a traffic jam.

Parents need to know that The Italian Job is a classic crime caper from 1969, with plenty of car chases -- and crashes -- cinematic violence, and sexist behavior. Starring Michael Caine as Charlie Croker, a newly released prisoner who immediately plots another heist, the movie inspired a 2003 remake of the same name. Charlie is flawed and domineering, but also intellectual. Along with his crew of criminals, he is very money motivated. But all of the character's greed is displayed as being a negative trait. Women are talked about in derogatory ways, and there is some inappropriate touching, such as when a woman is pushed onto a bus, by her backside, by a stranger. In addition, the female characters are given very little to do and are largely reduced to being superficially attractive for the enjoyment of their male counterparts. The narrative pits the English against the Italians, although it attempts this in a playful manner. But one character does use the term "bloody foreigners" in one scene. There is much violence in the movie, but it's stylized and never too severe. An ambush takes place, and several men hit others with baseball bats. There are plenty of explosions and car chases resulting in crashed vehicles and threat to the general public. But there's never a sense that any lives are lost. Sex is alluded to but not seen, and characters are seen smoking and drinking -- including one character drinking while stuck in a traffic jam.

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