• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 11; suggested age 11.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Fourth Indy isn't perfect, but it's tons of fun.

Why We Rated This for Ages 11 and Up

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Many double-crosses take place; a friend becomes disloyal, which endangers Indy; a long-buried lie is uncovered; enemies are portrayed one-dimensionally as purely evil; lots of bickering between a few of the characters (though there's lots of affection, too). Nevertheless, all of the havoc that takes place appears to be for the greater good.
• Violence :

  Plenty of it, mostly played out in typical adventurous Indy fashion: Characters shoot at each other; there's lots of punching, kicking, and shoving; swords are pointed at enemies' throats; characters attack each other with guns and swords from moving cars in one extended scene. Minor characters are killed in various ways -- gunfire, falls, crashes, etc. One group goes out in flames when a powerful rocket ignites. A few parts may scare young kids -- especially a sequence in which a sea of killer ants engulfs victims, or an early scene in which Indy is nearly the victim of an atomic bomb test (scary images of mushroom clouds and exploding houses/mannequins). Also expect lots of skulls and mummies and other spooky-for-young-children elements.
• Sex :

  Some sexual banter, but nothing lewd.
• Language:

  A few uses of words like "bulls--t," "shut up," "son of a bitch," and "damn." One or two "s--t"s.
• Consumerism:

  Period-accurate signage for buses, the U.S. Army, laundry soap, airlines (Pan Am).
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Very little. One character appears inebriated at one point, but it's just implied.

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