Parents Guide for
Misery (1990) More at IMDbPro »

Note: The number at the beginning of each section refers to how explicit that aspect of the film is on a scale of 1-10. The fraction at the end of the Frightening/Intense Scenes category is the total sum of all the sections out of the highest sum possible (50) and therefore an approximation of how much explicit content of any kind is in the film.

Rating: 1

No sex or nudity, although sheldon pees in a container under the covers

Rating: 8

A man is in a car crash; His face is bloody and we later learn his legs are severely broken.

A woman breaks a man's ankles with a sledgehammer. We see the hammer hitting his legs and hear a large crack.

A woman hits a man's broken legs; He yells.

A man is shot in the back with a shotgun. His chest explodes, spraying blood and gore.

A man is shot in the shoulder. You can briefly see a bloody wound.

A man hits a woman with a typewriter, and stuffs burned paper into her mouth. She falls and smacks her face on the typewriter, and then the man proceeds to beat her with a metal object around her face until she dies.

Rating: 5

8 uses of "fuck". (One is spoken, the rest are typed on a piece of paper and are only seen for a split second. It is intended to be comical and is not suggestive or not really made to promote bad language. )

1 use of "cocksucker". Some other, milder profanities.

A woman references "fuck" by saying "effword".

1 use of "bitch"

1 profane hand gesture

Rating: 3

Some characters casually drink wine. A man takes a fictional painkiller called "Novril" to relieve his pain. A man smokes a cigarette

Rating: 8

The movie is built on the tension of a person being held against their will without anyone knowing about it, as the movie progresses it becomes increasingly intense as the captor goes to extreme measures to keep her victim. All of the most intense scenes are described in the Violence & Gore section.

An idea of how accurate the TECE (below) is: 5-10 is a little-kid suitable, G-Rated type of film (i.e. Care Bears, Sleeping Beauty); 10-15 is going to be a little harsher, but not by much (i.e. The Incredibles); 15-20 could be pretty high up there (i.e. Indiana Jones), 20-25 is going to pretty darn adult (i.e. This); 25-30 is going to be a film most likely not suitable for anyone under 17(i.e. Braveheart); 30-40 is going to be an absolutely, positively adults-only film (i.e. Saving Private Ryan). 40 and up is pretty much high R / NC-17 (i.e. Pulp Fiction)

Total Explicit Content: 25/50

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In short. No sex or nudity, some scenes of violence (2 very strong scenes), 1 spoken f word and other minor language, brief drinking, smoking and use of painkillers, and some frightening scenes. Anyone 14 or older should be fine with this movie, give or take a few years depending on the kid.