Parent reviews for Braveheart (2025)

This movie is high quality production and extremely entertaining. Positive Messages -> The actual review for this is actually pretty ridiculous. "Freedom is championed as something necessary to happiness and contentment in life, and is worth dying for. The barbarity of war is shown to be the only solution to the greedy and oppressive policies of the British towards the Scottish."Freedom is obviously necessary to happiness and contentment and it is worth dying for. Very American values set and certainly laudable. Obviously, war was the only solution given the oppressive king's (Longshanks) propensity for deceit, treachery, and scheming. Longshanks is pretty monstrous and the story consistently shows that he cannot be trusted and so war is required. It's not glorifying war for just any old reason but it does set it forth as necessary in the face of gross oppression.Positive Role Models -> Wallace and many of his closest companions stay the course and pursue freedom not just for themselves, but for their country as a whole. Courage and self sacrifice (good old fashioned Christian values) are set forth as noble and much of Wallace's interaction with Robert the Bruce XVII center on the inherent nobility of a man's character and actions outweighing birth rights and social status. Wallace is also noble in that he doesn't pursue power for himself or for his own ends. His focus is purely on the cause.Violence -> Lots of graphic violence to state it plainly. This is a war movie with up close and personal shots of melee combat including infantry advances, cavalry charges, etc. The official reviewer stated this accurately enough.Sex, Romance, and Nudity -> This does have a fair bit of nudity in it. The Scotts throw up their kilts to moon the English and you get more than just the full moon. Wallace has an encounter both with his wife and with the princess that is shown. It also has the theme of sexual violence in that Wallace's wife is attacked (rape as the intention) and also the general theme that the English nobles claimed the right to have the "first night" with every Scottish woman on her wedding day. The official reviewer stated this accurately enough. Language -> Fair amount of coarse language and cursing. The official reviewer stated this accurately enough.Products & Purchases -> N/ADrinking, Drugs, & Smoking -> The official reviewer stated this accurately enough.Diversity -> The diversity here is spot on. It's exactly what you would expect from a historical context regarding a war between the English and the Scottish. There are two primary female leads both who are depicted as generally strong, morally centered, and courageous.For the record, this is streamable via family filter services that remove violence, language, and sexuality on demand. That's how we watched it and it's a great film. Certainly a classic.

This is a very educational film with allot of positive messages. The overwhelming message in the film is freedom and I think that this is something the world needs to see now.

CSM's "1-dot" for Positive Messages is as if they reviewer didn't even watch the movie. It contains OODLES and OODLES of POSITIVE messaging! The undying love of a man and his **wife**, the desire to protect his people, Courage in the face of overwhelming odds, Bravery, Friendship, dedication to family and friends, ingenuity in overcoming those odds. I'm not sure where/who CSM was going with their review? Maybe they believe it is too masculine, or if Men have those traits it is a bad thing? As if Freedom is not something to be striven for? Maybe it isn't when you fail to recognize that it is the natural state of humanity granted by God. This movie is a classic and an extremely well done movie. The violence is brutal, but realistic to the era and not held back and glossed over. Life was hard, and when faced with brutal and evil forces that are willing to rape your women, there are no other options for them. Especially in that era, there is no "petitioning your government" or "freedom of press or speech", nor is there "voting him out".

Katherine R. Parent of 10, 14, 18+, 18+, 18+ and 5-year-old

Where do i begin to say this movie is absolutely amazing and utterly incredible i cannot begin to explain how i feel about this beautiful film its absolutely priceless and literally platinum it makes me cry all the time its such a sad movie not just the ending but murron’s death and funeral and also the both thistle scenes and and the freedom scene at the end it just breaks me so if your gonna watch grab them tissues because this movie is sad as hell and i think parents should be cautious of this movie due to its shocking violence and a brief scene of nudity i wouldn’t say its too bad for kids to watch the violence in some places doesn't look that realistic and its not to the point like its hilariously fake but its like the blood looks like red paint for example when William stabs that dude in the head with a pickaxe and blood just shoots out his head it looks like red paint so i would let my kid watch it if i had any except I'm 18 so yeah but yeah highly recommend this movie such a brilliant movie with an amazing and sad story while supposedly historically inaccurate its an absolutely awesome movie that will just destroy you entirely and absolutely break your heart its so sad

This movie is a historically accurate account of William Wallace and his battle to win back Scotland. It has some war violence such as lances, swords, arrows, etc. but it is very fast-paced so you won't see too much of it unless you really focus on it. there is one scene where another clan or town (its been a while) is shown all hanged in a building. Its obviously fake but it might scare younger kids. Honestly in terms of age it is appropriate for a 10 year old, BUT, i recommend it for 12 and older just because the story is a little bit boring and complex.

A violent and amazing film with suspense and romance.There are 2 uses of f**k, a couple uses of s**t, and arse is used a bit.There is an atempted rape scene with a man follows a woman behind her hut and starts licking her kissing her. She bites him for about 6 seconds and he slaps her and called her a b**ch. There is head slicing and neck cutting and more bloody stuff.

When this movie first came out I thought it was great, but now that I've watched it a couple of times, I've found that Mel Gibson is probably the worst thing about it. It is still pretty good though, even if it is a bit long. I am a big fan of medieval period historical films, and this one delivers big time. Be aware that it is not 100% historically accurate, but not being so doesn't diminish it at all. The battle scenes are intense and graphic, and there are several sex scenes with nudity. Parents should really give this one a viewing before allowing their teens to watch it, as it greatly depends upon your child, and your own opinions on what they should see.