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1995 · 2h 58m · Action · Drama · History
Rotten Tomatoes 74%Metacritic 68/100TMDB 7.9/10 (11,298 votes)
Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays Scottish warrior William Wallace in the First War of Scottish Independence. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's 15th century epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.
Directed by Mel Gibson
Box office $213M worldwide
Family guide
16+Plugged In issues content cautions for kids, teens and adults; Common Sense Media calls it age 16+ for intense bloody violence; Movieguide gives extreme caution for older teens and adults.[1][2][3]
- Sex & nudity: Characters fall in love and have sex, with brief female nudity showing bare breasts; implied rape and state-sanctioned rape discussed but not shown; male buttocks exposed.[1][2]
- Violence: Full of death, graphic violence and blood with torture, hackings, stabbings, throat-slitting, beheadings; extreme graphic violence including impalings, dismemberments and battlefield gore.[1][2]
- Language: Occasional profanity including f--k, bitch, bastard, ass.[1]
- Drugs & alcohol: Social drinking; liquor used as battlefield anesthetic.[1]
- Frightening & intense: Horrible death and injury via torture and violence; severe frightening and intense scenes.[1][2]
Representation: The cast is almost all male. The only female characters of significance are portrayed as[1]
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