The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The message that comes through at the end is that people's differences should be embraced. But throughout much of the movie, T.S., his mother, his sister, and his father all feel isolated because they're different. One mention about the dangers of letting children handle without supervision.

A boy shoots a gun more than once (including at a can tied to a cat with a string); it's revealed that he dies in a gun accident (not shown, but described in vivid detail). Also shooting in a movie, and a photo shows a soldier holding a rifle to a man's head. Potentially upsetting moments involving animals include stuffed game, a calf being branded, a snake being shot, and a goat getting caught in a fence and cut up. A teacher yells in a boy's face. A runaway boy takes lots of risks, including jumping on a train car and a moving bridge (the latter results in an injury) and hitchhiking. T.S.' dead brother appears and talks to him.

Swearing isn't constant but does include strong words: "piss," "crap," "s--t," "f--," and even "motherf----r." Also exclamations such as "oh God" and "Jesus Christ."