Coming Home (2014) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Coming Home is best for ages 13+. It's rated PG-13. Coming Home is an emotional historical drama whose PG-13 rating is for its mature thematic material. The film's weight comes from its depiction of political persecution during China's Cultural Revolution, intense family…

Coming Home is officially rated PG-13. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 13+.

Coming Home is an emotional historical drama whose PG-13 rating is for its mature thematic material. The film's weight comes from its depiction of political persecution during China's Cultural Revolution, intense family trauma, and profound memory loss. A key sequence involves a character, Lu Yanshi, being forcibly…

None. There is no sexual content or nudity. A character mentions being 'violated' but this is contextualized as a physical beating, not a sexual assault.

Violence is infrequent and not graphic. A man is forcibly arrested by police during a tense struggle at a train station. In the chaos, a woman is pushed, falls, and hits her head, resulting in a bloody face, which is the film's most notable moment of violence.

There is only a single instance of mild profanity. A character refers to a political enemy as a 'sneaky bastard' in the subtitles.

None. No characters are shown smoking, drinking alcohol, or using drugs.

The film is built on strong, mature themes. It deals directly with the suffering caused by political persecution during the Cultural Revolution, including imprisonment in a labor camp. Key plot points involve a daughter's profound betrayal of her father, the…

Coming Home runs 111 minutes, directed by Zhang Yimou, released in 2014.

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