The Avengers (2012)

130 min · Action

USPG-13UK12AAUMCAPG

55 BOLD

ScoutScore

Heads up before you watch. Notable content.

The Avengers scores 55 on the ScoutScore, which is Bold. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout maps 22 flagged scenes and 6 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	16
Caution	6

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	22%
Violence and action	46%
Themes	13%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	1%
Language	18%
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 Loki's cosmic bargain
Caution Loki seizes the Tesseract - SHIELD base attack
Heads up Black Widow interrogation and recruitment
Heads up Casual deity exclamations
Heads up Name-calling scattered through film (intensifies)
Heads up Loki confrontation in Stuttgart
Heads up Thor vs. Iron Man forest battle
Heads up Weed joke
Caution Loki threatens Romanoff with graphic violence
Heads up "Damn" and mild verbal threats

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

“Tony Stark flies a nuclear missile into deep space knowing he might not come back, and none of the other Avengers could do it for him. What do you think it means to step up for something when no one else can, even when it's frightening?”

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 The Avengers okay for kids?

The Avengers scores 55 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Bold tier. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout has mapped 22 flagged scenes in it, covering action, profanity (mild), theme. 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 The Avengers?

55, 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 The Avengers rated?

The Avengers 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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