• Director(s)

    Steven Spielberg

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Fantasy, Children

  • Approx. running minutes

    117m

  • Cast

    Mark Rylance (voice), Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Rafe Spall, Michael David Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon

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The Bfg

mild threat

An orphaned girl is befriended by a friendly giant and helps him rid the world of bad giants. While no real harm comes to anyone, younger children may be scared by scenes of threat from man-eating giants.…

An orphaned girl is befriended by a friendly giant and helps him rid the world of bad giants. While no real harm comes to anyone, younger children may be scared by scenes of threat from man-eating giants.

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violence

threat and horror

rude humour

nudity

alcohol and smoking

theme

language

sex

  • Director(s)

    Steven Spielberg

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Fantasy, Children

  • Approx. running minutes

    117m

  • Cast

    Mark Rylance (voice), Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Rafe Spall, Michael David Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon

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mild threat
Classified Date:
17/06/2016
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
3D
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which a young girl hides from giants who are intent on eating her. This includes a brief sequence in which the girl has a nightmare in which she is dropped into a giant's mouth, but she then wakes up unharmed.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of very mild violence, including some large giants bullying and throwing around a smaller giant, and a scene in which the latter touches a red-hot poker onto the bottom of one of his tormentors. Infrequent scenes of toilet humour feature characters farting after drinking a fantastical liquid.
mild threat
Classified Date:
17/06/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
2D
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which a young girl hides from giants who are intent on eating her. This includes a brief sequence in which the girl has a nightmare in which she is dropped into a giant's mouth, but she then wakes up unharmed.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of very mild violence, including some large giants bullying and throwing around a smaller giant, and a scene in which the latter touches a red-hot poker onto the bottom of one of his tormentors. Infrequent scenes of toilet humour feature characters farting after drinking a fantastical liquid.
mild threat
Classified Date:
28/09/2016
Version:
3D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
Paperwork Remarks:
3D
violence
There are infrequent scenes of very mild violence, including some large giants bullying and throwing around a smaller giant, and a scene in which the latter touches a red-hot poker onto the bottom of one of his tormentors.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat in which a young girl hides from giants who are intent on eating her. This includes a brief sequence in which the girl has a nightmare in which she is dropped into a giant's mouth, but she then wakes up unharmed.
rude humour
Infrequent scenes of toilet humour feature characters farting after drinking a fantastical liquid.
nudity
While there is no nudity, there is a scene in which dreams are seen in bottles and some of the titles of these dreams refer to people being naked in unfortunate places, such as at work.
alcohol and smoking
Some drunk men are seen making a lot of noise.
theme
The central character is an orphan and speaks about her parents having died.
additional issues
There are infrequent scenes of very mild violence, including some large giants bullying and throwing around a smaller giant, and a scene in which the latter touches a red-hot poker onto the bottom of one of his tormentors. Infrequent scenes of toilet humour feature characters farting after drinking a fantastical liquid.
Classified Date:
06/09/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
Classified Date:
13/06/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer D
Classified Date:
25/05/2016
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer C
Classified Date:
25/05/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
2D
Classified Date:
15/04/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer B
Classified Date:
16/12/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
2D Trailer A
Classified Date:
16/12/2015
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
3D Trailer A
Classified Date:
03/08/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Premier

  • Classified date

    28/09/2016

  • BBFC reference

    AVF333805

  • Language

    English

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