It's a Wonderful Life - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Some passionate kissings.

  A boy says that he will have a harem and many wives in the future.

  After ogling at a woman, a man quickly says he has to go home and see what his wife is doing. Another man innocently claims he is a family man.

  A woman jokes to her mother that a suitor is "making violent love to me." However, at the time this movie was made, that simply meant cuddling and flirting.

  A woman loses her dressing robe (she is wearing nothing else) while walking home, leaving her naked. She hides inside a bush and we barely see anything (only her face peeking out), but the man she is with hesitates to return the robe and jokes about selling tickets to see her naked.

  Some men approvingly ogle a pretty woman as she walks down the street.

  The Violet Bicknell character flirts frequently with George Bailey.

  In the Pottersville, there are signs for nightclubs and burlesque theaters.

• Violence

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  A man shouts at his children and begins smashing up his house in front of them. The children are seen to be clearly distressed.

  A man repeatedly beats a child until his ears bleed. The scene is very disturbing, abusive and the child actor was actually beaten.

  A man is about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge.

  A police officer fires a gun at an unarmed fleeing man, but the shots miss and the man escapes.

  A man punches another man.

  A man's mouth bleeds (no blood shown).

• Profanity

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  "Garlic eaters" is used once as a racial slur against an Italian family.

• Intense Scenes

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  A man jumps into a river to save another man from drowning.

  A man says horrible things to his family in a rude and mad tone, such as asking his wife why they had to have kids.

  A man tries to kill himself after he sees that his son died. George tries to stop him, but he is hit and his ear bleeds. This scene is quite emotional and upsetting.

  The ending can be very bittersweet for viewers.

  A child almost drowns.