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Finding Your Feet

Age rating, content warnings & parent guide

2018

Is Finding Your Feet appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

When her life is turned upside down upon discovering her husband's affair, Sandra Abbott seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister Bif. She begins to find her feet again after letting Bif drag her along to a community dance class.

Ages 14+Source checked

Why this age? The film contains mature themes including terminal illness (cancer), dementia, adultery, brief marijuana use, and mild profanity. These emotional themes and the complex adult relationships are best suited for teens and adults. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ.

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Age guidanceAges 14+
Strongest cautionsDeath of a character 4/5 · Romance 4/5 · Alcohol or drugs 3/5
Strongest positivesCourage & resilience 4/5 · Kindness & empathy 4/5
Recommendation3.8/5

Courage & resilience; strongest caution: death of a character.

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What parents should know

The film contains mature themes including terminal illness (cancer), dementia, adultery, brief marijuana use, and mild profanity. These emotional themes and the complex adult relationships are best suited for teens and adults. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ. Courage & resilience; strongest caution: death of a character.

Readiness snapshotAge guidance: 14+Main watch-out: Death of a character 4/5
Recommendation 3.8/5

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Recommended age14+

Strongest cautions

  • Death of a character4/5
  • Romance4/5
  • Alcohol or drugs3/5

Strongest positives

  • Courage & resilience4/5
  • Kindness & empathy4/5
  • Positive messages4/5

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What’s in it?

Products & advertising1/5
Why this rating?

Incidental brand presence likely, but no significant product placement.

Death of a character4/5
Why this rating?

Includes the death of a character from heart failure and a major character passing away from terminal cancer, handled with emotional weight.

Strong language2/5
Why this rating?

Some occasional mild-to-moderate profanity and adult name-calling are likely, without evidence of frequent or extreme language.

Romance4/5
Why this rating?

Romantic relationships, infidelity, divorce and Sandra's developing relationship with Charlie are major story elements.

Frightening scenes2/5
Why this rating?

No horror or sustained peril, but cancer, dementia, sudden death and bereavement may be upsetting for some viewers.

Sexual content & nudity2/5
Why this rating?

A striptease and sexual situations are referenced, including a character dying during sexual excitement; explicit activity is not described.

Alcohol or drugs3/5
Why this rating?

Alcohol contributes to Sandra sleeping off intoxication, and characters are seen getting high on cannabis; use is not presented as wholly consequence-free.

Violence1/5
Why this rating?

Includes minor physical altercations and property damage, such as throwing food and using a wood chipper on trophies.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience4/5
Why this rating?

Sandra and her friends face betrayal, illness, bereavement and major life changes with increasing openness and bravery.

Creativity & curiosity3/5
Why this rating?

Dance, performance and inventive problem-solving help the characters express themselves and rebuild their lives.

Diverse representation2/5
Why this rating?

The older ensemble includes varied class backgrounds, relationships, disability-related dementia and serious illness, but limited ethnic and cultural representation.

Educational value1/5
Why this rating?

Touches on the social realities of aging and dementia care.

Kindness & empathy4/5
Why this rating?

Friends provide practical and emotional support, respect Bif's wishes, help one another and sustain community through illness and grief.

Positive messages4/5
Why this rating?

The story supports resilience, friendship, authenticity and taking new chances after betrayal, aging and loss.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

Characters show loyalty, honesty and perseverance, though some adults drink, use cannabis, behave impulsively and make questionable relationship choices.

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