Project Hail Mary (2026)

156 min · Sci-Fi

USPG-13UK12AAUMCAPG

37 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Project Hail Mary scores 37 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 23 flagged scenes and 2 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	21
Caution	2

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	26%
Violence and action	34%
Themes	25%
Sexual content	2%
Substances	13%
Language	none flagged
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 Waking from coma - disorientation and physical distress
Heads up Crew discovered dead
Heads up Casual deity exclamations
Heads up Children learn the sun is dying and billions may starve
Heads up Vodka swig played for laughs
Heads up Song lyric mentions being stoned
Heads up Grace forced onto jet - unknown pill taken
Heads up Project Hail Mary revealed - astronauts will die in space
Heads up Space funeral with skeletal corpse briefly shown
Heads up Dark, tight alien tunnel crossing

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

“Rocky gives up six years of his journey home to save Grace, and Grace later turns back to save Rocky even though it means he cannot return to Earth. What do you think makes someone willing to give up something huge for a friend they only just met?”

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Common questions

Is Project Hail Mary okay for kids?

Project Hail Mary scores 37 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 23 flagged scenes in it, covering theme, 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 Project Hail Mary?

37, 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 Project Hail Mary rated?

Project Hail Mary 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.

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