FilmScout

The Red Turtle (2016)

79 min · Animation · Rated PG (USA)

The Red Turtle scores 34 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 10 flagged scenes and 3 worth muting.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	7
Mute	3

Kinds of content

Action, Theme, Dark Imagery

Scenes FilmScout flagged

• HEADS UP Man caught in storm, washes ashore
• Mute Man destroys his raft; turtle repeatedly sinks it
• HEADS UP Hallucination: string quartet on the beach
• Mute Man attacks and flips the red turtle
• HEADS UP The turtle dies on its back
• HEADS UP Woman emerges from the turtle's shell
• HEADS UP Young boy falls into the sea
• Mute Tsunami strikes the island
• HEADS UP Family burns the dead bamboo
• HEADS UP The man dies peacefully; woman transforms back into turtle

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

Age ratings by country

AU	PG
GB	PG
US	PG

Talk about it after

“The man spends much of the film alone on the island, sometimes losing hope, and his feelings toward the red turtle shift from anger to regret to tenderness. What do you think helped him keep going when things felt impossible?”

Common questions

Is The Red Turtle okay for kids?

The Red Turtle scores 34 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 10 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 The Red Turtle?

34, 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 The Red Turtle rated?

The Red Turtle is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, GB PG, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.