Language

There are occasional uses of very mild terms such as 'hell' and 'ruddy'.

Threat

There is a sequence in which some lions chase after the film's hero and his friends. However, the sense of threat is broken up with comic elements and the scene is fun and exciting.

Threat

There are scenes of mild threat, including a person falling from the back of a train before they are caught, a train skidding about on breaking ice, and a puppet seeming to come to life and scare a boy. Scenes of threat are swiftly resolved.

There are sequences in which people walk on top of the roof of a moving train. However, the context within which this occurs is very fantastical and difficult to imitate with modern trains.

There are no issues likely to offend or harm.

Violence

There are a number of comic slapstick incidents, as well as some brief and swiftly resolved moments of threat.

Language

Occasional very mild bad language includes uses of 'jeez' and 'heck'.

There is an implied drug reference when a man says, 'I don't know what's in this cake, but I think I just saw Santa Claus!'.

Threat

There are moments of mild threat when bad characters are menacing, but there are also jokes showing that they are not very scary really, such as when two henchmen show more interest in eating pancakes than looking for Santa. When Santa is kidnapped and interrogated, he remains calm and does not seem at all afraid.

There is infrequent use of terms such as 'blinking' and 'poo', and a character using comic expressions, such as, 'Oh, Jingle Bells!' At one point, when a reindeer lands on a character, he stammers, 'You're on my gingerbread basket!', but it's clearly a comic reference with no further explanation.

Violence

Mild violence includes elves throwing a bad guy through a window and into a dumpster.

Threat

Mild threat includes a young girl climbing up an electricity pole and a barman threatening Santa Claus with a baseball bat.

Language

There is mild bad language ('crap').

Threat

The Grinch attempts to scare people, although these scenes are brief and comic.

In some scenes the Grinch performs tricks that would be dangerous if copied, such as eating the top of a glass bottle, eating hot coals, and lighting his alcoholic breath with a blowtorch. However, it is clear that the Grinch is a fantastical character within a fantastical world and there is no suggestion that people could safely emulate such behaviour.

There are moments of innuendo and rude humour involving the Grinch, such as his hand landing on a woman's chest, turning his backside towards spectators and telling them to 'kiss it', and placing a dog's rear end next to the face of a man dreaming about kissing a woman. The dog's eyes then widen, implying the man has kissed its backside. In another scene, a cat is accidentally sucked up into a vacuum cleaner and a dog is thrown into some snow, but there is no evidence any animals were harmed.

Flashbacks to the Grinch being laughed at and bullied at school are used to explain his personality, but the bullying is not condoned. Infrequent very mild bad language includes a use of 'blast'.

Threat and horror

Frequent scenes of mild threat include sight of scary skeleton toys and puppets hanging in a dark room, knives covering walls, and scary sight of a rope noose on a gallows used as a bell ringer. There are references to being chopped up and scattered in the woods, and to severed heads and axe murderers, all of which are just imagined fears.

Violence

Mild and undetailed scenes of comic violence show people clashing and fighting each other with kitchen knives, spades and household implements. Spears are thrown but there is no injury. There are also scenes of mild slapstick.

There is very mild bad language (‘God’). Rude humour includes references to 'soiling of the pants' and sight of a man with his bottom burning after he falls onto a burning fireplace.