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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

171 min · Fantasy

USPG-13UK12AAUMCAPG

53 BOLD

ScoutScore

Heads up before you watch. Notable content.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers scores 53 on the ScoutScore, which is Bold. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout maps 15 flagged scenes and 4 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	11
Caution	4

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	38%
Violence and action	46%
Themes	16%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
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 Gandalf battles the Balrog - flashback
Heads up Gollum ambushes Frodo and Sam
Heads up Saruman incites his Orc army to burn Rohan
Heads up Merry and Pippin threatened by Orcs, Riders attack
Heads up The Dead Marshes - faces in the water
Heads up Théoden under Saruman's spell - Théodred's death
Caution Gandalf exorcises Saruman from Théoden
Heads up Théoden buries his son
Caution Warg attack on the road to Helm's Deep
Heads up Saruman sends his army to Helm's Deep

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

“Sam tells Frodo that the great stories are full of darkness and danger, but that the characters who matter kept going because they were holding on to something. What is something in your own life that you hold on to when things feel really hard?”

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

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Common questions

Is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers okay for kids?

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers scores 53 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Bold tier. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout has mapped 15 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, action, 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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers?

53, 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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers rated?

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 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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