Watership Down (1978)

92 min · Animation

USPGUKPGAUPG

47 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Watership Down scores 47 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 13 flagged scenes and 1 worth skipping.

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	10
Caution	2
Skip	1

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	13%
Violence and action	55%
Themes	32%
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 Creation myth: predators made to hunt rabbits
Heads up Fiver's apocalyptic vision of blood
Heads up An animal is hurt
Heads up Violet killed by a hawk
Caution Bigwig caught in a snare, nearly dies
Heads up Holly describes the destruction of Sandleford warren
Heads up An animal is hurt
Heads up Hazel shot by the farmer
Heads up Blackavar displayed as a punishment example
Caution Escape from Efrafa: Woundwort confronts the fugitives

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	PG
GB	PG
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Fiver kept warning the others about danger even when no one believed him, and eventually he was proven right. What makes it hard to speak up when you feel certain about something but others disagree with you?”

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 Watership Down okay for kids?

Watership Down scores 47 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 13 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, action, trigger. 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 Watership Down?

47, 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 Watership Down rated?

Watership Down 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.

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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