Doctor Strange (2016)

115 min · Action

44 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Doctor Strange scores 44 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 16 flagged scenes and 5 worth muting.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	11
Mute	5

Content map

How this movie's flagged content divides up. These are shares of what was flagged here, not a level: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Mostly violence and action.

Scary and dark	26%
Violence and action	55%
Language and substances	7%
Mature themes	12%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the edge.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

HEADS UP Kaecilius steals from Kamar-Taj
HEADS UP Mild profanity and crude language
HEADS UP Strange's car crash and hand injuries
HEADS UP Name-calling in physical therapy
HEADS UP Strange mugged in Kathmandu alley
Mute Ancient One sends Strange through the Multiverse
HEADS UP Strong exclamations during Multiverse vision
Mute Zealots attack the London Sanctum
Mute Strange battles zealots in the New York Sanctum
HEADS UP Astral surgery and defibrillator scene

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Talk about it after

“Strange spends most of the film chasing one goal - healing his hands and reclaiming his old life - until he realizes there is something bigger at stake. What helped him shift from thinking only about himself to being willing to sacrifice everything for others?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is Doctor Strange okay for kids?

Doctor Strange scores 44 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 16 flagged scenes in it, covering action, dark imagery, profanity (mild). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Doctor Strange?

44, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

ScoutScores are FilmScout's own scene by scene analysis and change as the catalog is rescored. FilmScout is independent and is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or ratings board.

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