What Is The Age Rating For NOPE? Parents Guide

Scary movies can be a huge draw for teens and tweens, especially when it comes to Jordan Peele’s films. You might have yours asking if they can go to the theater to see his latest! What is the age rating for Nope? Is Nope too scary? This parents guide will help you decide if your teens can see this one! ps- know when you can run to take a bathroom break during NOPE.

What is the age rating for Nope movie? Is it too scary? Parents guide for Nope

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About NOPE Movie

Oscar® winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with Get Out and then Us. Now, he reimagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, Nope.

The film reunites Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bears witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

Watch the NOPE movie trailer here.

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What Is The Age Rating For NOPE? Parents Guide

Teens and tweens love scary movies and this one might be right up their alley.

But is Nope safe for kids? Is it age-appropriate for teens under the age of 17 to watch?

This parents guide for NOPE will help you decide if your family can handle the gore, violence, language, sex, romance, and nudity. We’ll also give the Nope age rating and age-appropriate recommendations.

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Language In Nope

For a scary movie, language is actually the biggest issue from a parenting standpoint.

If language is a big no for your family to experience, then Nope is not kid-friendly or safe for teens.

If you’re a family that doesn’t sweet a few (ok, more than a few) F-bombs, then Nope might be ok for your kids.

Here’s a sampling of the language we heard in Nope. Most words were used multiple times.

F-bomb (and variations of the word)
G-d d@mn
d!cks
N word
d@mn
h@ll
sh!t
@ss
b!tch

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Age Rating For NOPE: Is It Safe For Kids When It Comes To Sex, Romance, and Nudity?

There is no sex, nudity, or romance in Nope.

Is Nope Ok For Kids: Mature Topics

There’s drinking and smoking as well as some light drug use.

An older parent dies.

Violence and Gore: Is Nope Too Scary For Teens Under 17?

Nope isn’t the most violent or gory Rated R horror movie out there. We were surprised at this.

If you are comparing it to Stranger Things, we’d say Stranger Things is much more violent and gory than Nope.

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The R rating is mostly going to be falling around the language used.

A side story includes a violent animal rampage that results in the death of a kid and other adults. This animal is shown with blood dripping from its mouth and hands.

The scary alien doesn’t have too many gory scenes, but there are some jump scares centered around this aspect of the movie.

There’s one intense “rain” scene that shows a lot of blood coming down around the house.

Most of the deaths involved in the movie do not happen on screen.

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Nope Age Rating: What Ages Can Really Watch This One?

What is the age rating for Nope? Nope is rated R for some violence, bloody images, and language.

If your kid likes weird and isn’t too concerned about strong language, Nope may be ok for kids under the age of 17.

As always, you know your kids best.

Its scary, yes, but not intensely over the top in ways that may make it inappropriate for younger teens.

Kids ages 14 and up would most likely be ok watching Nope with a parent in the theater as well.

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Patty Holliday

Patty Holliday is a parent movie reviewer, writer, and podcaster living in the Washington, DC area. Her goal is to bridge the gap between casual fandom and picky critic with parent movie and television reviews. As a lifelong fangirl and pop culture connoisseur, she’s been creating online since 2009. You can find her work at No-Guilt Disney.com, No-Guilt Fangirl.com, No-Guilt Life, and as host of the top-rated No-Guilt Disney Podcast.

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