Iron Man (2008)

126 min · Action

USPG-13UK12AAUMCAPG

44 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Iron Man scores 44 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 22 flagged scenes and 5 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	17
Caution	5

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 mostly for violence and action.

Scary and dark	24%
Violence and action	64%
Themes	4%
Sexual content	4%
Substances	2%
Language	2%
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

Heads up Casual deity exclamations
Heads up Flirtatious soldier banter and Maxim cover models
Caution Convoy ambush in Afghanistan
Heads up Tony picks up the reporter
Heads up Tony orders sake on the plane
Heads up Stark wakes as a captive with shrapnel in his chest
Heads up Ten Rings leader threatens Stark and Yinsen
Caution Escape from the cave - Yinsen's death
Heads up Iron Man destroys the weapons cache and escapes
Heads up Tony requests a cheeseburger

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

AU	M
CA	PG
GB	12A
US	PG-13

Talk about it after

“Yinsen tells Tony not to waste his life just before he dies, and Tony spends the rest of the film trying to figure out what that means for him. What do you think it looks like when someone uses their abilities to make up for a mistake they've made?”

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Common questions

Is Iron Man okay for kids?

Iron Man scores 44 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 22 flagged scenes in it, covering action, profanity (mild), 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 Iron Man?

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.

What is Iron Man rated?

Iron Man is rated PG-13 in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU M, CA PG, GB 12A, US PG-13. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

Is it OK for your kid? The age-by-age answer

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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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