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The film Captain Marvel (2019) was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association (MPA). According to the official rating summary, the film received this classification for "sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive language."
Several specific elements contributed to this rating across the categories of violence, language, and mature themes:
As a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) entry, the film features frequent combat sequences. Elements noted by rating boards and parental guides include:
The film contains a moderate amount of profanity and "brief suggestive language," which is typical for the PG-13 threshold:
Compared to other MCU films like Avengers: Infinity War, critics and parental guidance sites generally considered Captain Marvel to be on the milder end of the PG-13 spectrum, largely because the majority of the violence is fantasy-based rather than gritty or realistic.
The AI summary mentions Goose as 'alien cat-like creature' but doesn't explain what a Flerken is. Multiple sources emphasize this is a key plot point - Goose has tentacles that emerge from its mouth, can swallow objects (including the Tesseract), and store them in pocket dimensions. This detail adds context to why the scratch was so severe.
Multiple sources note that after Fury loses his eye, Agent Phil Coulson gives him a box of glass eyes, and Coulson mistakenly believes Fury lost his eye to Kree torture. This is a specific content detail relevant to the rating discussion.
Common Sense Media specifically mentions 'A pilot uses word "cockpit" to imply male dominance' as part of the language content. The AI summary speculates about the autopsy scene but misses this documented example of suggestive language.
IMDB parents guide notes 'At least five people are shot in the chest at close range. Some die from the blast, others do not. One receives a follow up shot (probably to the head) that clearly finishes him off & though it is offscreen there is a dramatic impact that makes it slightly disturbing.' This is more specific violence detail than the AI summary provides.
Multiple sources emphasize the 'Lovecraftian horror inspired tentacles that erupt from its eldritch maw' that Goose uses to swallow Kree soldiers. This is a significant violent/frightening element that contributes to the rating but is not mentioned in the AI summary.
Captain Marvel (2019) received a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for 'sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive language.' The film features extensive combat including hand-to-hand fighting with punching, kicking, and martial arts, as well as photon blast weaponry, explosions, spaceship crashes, and space battles. Multiple characters are shot at close range, with at least five shot in the chest and one receiving a disturbing off-screen follow-up shot. A Skrull autopsy scene briefly shows the alien's stomach cut open with visible ribcage and organs being removed. The film includes blue blood from Kree aliens shown on faces and dripping from noses. A significant plot point involves Goose, an alien creature called a Flerken disguised as a cat, who has Lovecraftian tentacles that erupt from its mouth to swallow Kree soldiers whole and can store objects in pocket dimensions. Goose scratches Nick Fury's left eye, resulting in permanent blindness - Fury later peruses glass eyes and receives a box of them from Agent Coulson. Language content includes the words 'shit,' 'shithole,' 'ass,' 'hell,' 'damn,' and 'bastard' used sparingly, plus one use of 'Mother Flerken' (an F-word derivative). The 'brief suggestive language' includes a 'cockpit' wordplay implying male dominance and a scene where a male character peeks under a sheet at an alien corpse's genitals during the autopsy. Frightening elements include Skrull shapeshifting with distorting visual effects and mature themes of war, displacement, and genocide. Overall, parental guides considered Captain Marvel to be on the milder end of the PG-13 spectrum compared to films like Avengers: Infinity War, with the violence being primarily fantasy-based rather than gritty or realistic.