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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

99 min · Fantasy

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24 TAME

ScoutScore

Very little flagged.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory scores 24 on the ScoutScore, which is Tame. Very little flagged. FilmScout maps 16 flagged scenes.

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

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 scary and dark.

Scary and dark	51%
Violence and action	16%
Themes	26%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	2%
Language	5%
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 Wonka factory lore: nobody goes in, nobody comes out
Heads up Grandpa Joe's tobacco money
Heads up Charlie's birthday: poverty and dashed hope
Heads up Veruca Salt's demands and her father's capitulation
Heads up Mike Teevee's gun fixation
Heads up Slugworth approaches Charlie with a bribe
Heads up Augustus Gloop sucked up the chocolate pipe
Heads up The tunnel boat ride: horror imagery and chaos
Heads up Exploding candy goes off near Mike
Heads up Violet turns into a blueberry and is rolled to the juicing room

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	G
GB	U
US	G

Talk about it after

“Wonka creates an entire contest to find one honest child among millions. What do you think Charlie noticed about the other children's choices during the tour, and what do you think made him decide to return the Gobstopper even when he was angry?”

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Common questions

Is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory okay for kids?

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory scores 24 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Tame tier. Very little flagged. FilmScout has mapped 16 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, theme, action. 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 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?

24, which is the Tame tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory rated?

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is rated G in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU G, GB U, US G. 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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