Shutter Island (2010)

Details

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprioMark RuffaloBen KingsleyMax von SydowMichelle Williams

Director

Martin Scorsese

Writer

Laeta KalogridisDennis Lehane

Genre

DramaThrillerMystery

Release Date

Feb 14, 2010

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  Some non graphic nude artwork in the background of a scene. Not very visible.

  A painting of a nude man is seen.

  A patient says "she liked to suck c____"

  A painting with breast nudity, not graphic.

  A glimpse of male full frontal nudity.

• Violence Severe

  A man stabs another with a needle full of sedative, this isn't bloody but can be quite shocking.

  Nazis are lined up and shot by American soldiers. They riddled with bullet wounds and an overhead shot shows the aftermath shot from afar.

  A woman is shown with dead children at her feet.

  Thousands of dead frozen corpses of children and adults are shown several times.

  Dead children are shown at a woman's feet.

  A Nazi attempted to take his own life. Though the attempt isn't seen we do see the aftermath. It is said that it took him over an hour to die.

  A man shoots another man twice in the chest.

  A man looks at paintings of people and various torture devices.

  In one scene, a man is walking down a Nazi camp as he sees woman and children on the ground dead.

  A man face is very bruised and cut up from an offscreen beating.

• Profanity Moderate

  s**t, f**k, d**k, pussy, and cock are used alongside lesser profanity like b**ch and ass as well as ableist and racial slurs.

• Drugs Moderate

  Alcohol, tobacco, and unspecified pill use.

• Frightening Scenes Severe

  The film has some unnerving and scary images. Corpses of holocaust victims are shown spilling out of railroad cars. The main character has visions and dreams that become nightmarish. There are several jump scares, some more effective than others.

  Heading towards the end, it's revealed that the protagonist is the missing killer Andrew Laeddis. The buildup is incredibly intense, and the reveal is very shocking.

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