Parasite (2019) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Parasite - Family Review

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

2019 | 132 Minutes

Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content
IMDB: 8.5 ⭐️ Votes: 807,998

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    A married couple kisses passionately. No nudity.

    A woman wearing a dress takes off her underwear in the backseat of a car. No nudity is seen.

    A man grabs a woman's butt briefly.

    Husband and wife graphically touch each other, over and under clothing. The scene is nearly two minutes. No nudity shown.

    Ki-Woo and Da-Hye kiss in a couple scenes. One such scene is relatively passionate. No nudity.

    In one scene, a man (Dong-ik) is seen taking a bath, while watching TV. He is nude, but nothing is shown beyond shoulders and knees, and the scene is not inappropriate.

    A woman is seen taking a bath nude but nothing is shown.

    Fairly graphic sex scene that lasts a considerable amount of time.

  • Violence
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    The movie is violent towards the end. Gore-wise there are a few scenes with blood.

    Blunt trauma and stabbing is shown, often with bloody results.

    There is almost no violence until the end, and even then it's not graphic.

    R violence type: blood and gore.

  • Profanity
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    "Fuck" is shown in the English subtitles. Other than that, the profanity is very mild.

  • Intense Scenes
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    Although it has humor in it, Parasite has a dark tone and some frightening moments.

    The "ghost" scene contains briefly frightening imagery.

    The film is generally based on the differences of poor to wealthy groups of people.

    A few scenes in the film are extremely intense and frightening. The final confrontation is extremely tense and scary.

    A former housemaid enters the house at a rainy night which is eerie and leads to many frightening scenes.

    VERY VERY intense at the end, but never scary.

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