Dunkirk (2017)

106 min · Action

USPG-13

50 BOLD

ScoutScore

Notable flagged moments. Look over the scenes before you watch.

Dunkirk scores 50 on the ScoutScore, which is Bold. Notable flagged moments. Look over the scenes before you watch. FilmScout maps 14 flagged scenes and 8 marked caution.

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	6
Caution	8

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for violence and action with scary and dark.

Scary and dark	33%
Violence and action	45%
Themes	12%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	10%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Caution Opening chase through Dunkirk streets
Heads up Deity exclamations throughout the film
Caution Aerial bombing of the mole
Caution Hospital ship bombed and sunk at the mole
Caution Destroyer torpedoed and sinks
Heads up George struck and critically injured
Heads up Strong profanity in trawler sequence
Caution Soldiers shot at inside grounded trawler
Caution Alex threatens Gibson; French identity revealed
Heads up Gibson drowns entangled in chain
Heads up George's death confirmed
Caution Oil fire on the water; mass rescue under fire
Caution Destroyer bombed and sinks; men swim for survival
Heads up Farrier captured after landing on beach

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

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Age ratings by country

PG-13

Talk about it after

“Farrier keeps flying toward Dunkirk even after his fuel gauge breaks, knowing he may not make it home. What do you think goes through someone's mind when they choose to keep going in a situation like that?”

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Common questions

Is Dunkirk okay for kids?

Dunkirk scores 50 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Bold tier. Notable flagged moments. Look over the scenes before you watch. FilmScout has mapped 14 flagged scenes in it, covering action, theme, dark imagery. 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 Dunkirk?

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

What is Dunkirk rated?

Dunkirk is rated PG-13 in the United States.

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