Shut In (2016) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Shut In is best for ages 13+. It's rated PG-13. Shut In follows a widowed child psychologist, Mary, living in an isolated home with her catatonic stepson, Stephen, during a severe winter storm. The film earns its PG-13 rating for pervasive themes of psychological…

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

Shut In follows a widowed child psychologist, Mary, living in an isolated home with her catatonic stepson, Stephen, during a severe winter storm. The film earns its PG-13 rating for pervasive themes of psychological entrapment, mild sexual content involving non-explicit nudity, and moderate violence. Parents should be…

There is brief, non-sexualized nudity. The protagonist is shown naked from the back and side as she exits a bathtub and kneels on the floor.

Violence is moderate and centers on a home-invasion style confrontation. Scenes include a character being stabbed in the stomach, physical struggle, burning hands on a stove, and a climactic scene where a hammer is used to kill an attacker.

Language is mild and limited to a few instances of profanity throughout the dialogue.

The plot features the illicit use of medication; the stepson drugs the protagonist's food or drink to keep her disoriented and suggestible.

The film deals with intense, distressing themes including parental grief, mental instability, child abandonment, and cold-blooded murder.

Shut In runs 91 minutes, directed by Farren Blackburn, released in 2016.

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