Parents Guide for
Saving Private Ryan (1998) More at IMDbPro »

Soldiers share sexual stories and make sexual remarks in a joking manner using graphic and descriptive sexual language.

The film contains prolonged sequences of war violence not suitable for young children. The opening and closing sequences feature prolonged violence with dismemberment, excessive blood splatter, exposed entrails, soldiers engulfed in flames and other disturbing images. The depiction of war violence remains consistent throughout the film, with hand-to-hand combat, sniper fire, and other inherently brutal depictions of war fighting. The film also features a scene in which a soldier succumbs to his battlefield wounds. This scene, as with many of the other scenes in the film, could be unsettling to young viewers or those with a sensitivity to battlefield violence.

The film features a significant amount of profanity, including "fuck," "shit," "bullshit," "damn," "hell," and "ass" - all part of the battlefield chatter among characters in the film.

In addition, the occasional use of "bastard" and "S.O.B.," as well as the infrequent use of "cock sucker," causes this film to fall into similar comparison with other films in its genre. Thus, the profanity found in the film is not greater than any other modern-day R-rated film.

The use of tobacco products can be seen intermittently throughout the film.

The battle sequences throughout the film are intense both literally and emotionally. The opening and closing sequences feature brutal and realistic war-fighting, high-stress situations, loud gunfire, booming explosions, brutal hand-to-hand combat, graphic depictions of death and disturbing sequences of soldiers succumbing to their wounds.

The opening sequence features gratuitous amounts of violence that can be unsettling and startling to the unprepared viewer. The violence is unrelenting and drawn-out in nature; the film spares little in the department of realism.

The film's realism may stir painful memories for those who have fought in or experienced a combat situation - caution is advised.