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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Age rating, content warnings & parent guide

1991

Is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.

Ages 13+Source checked

Why this age? Frequent action violence includes killings, executions, torture consequences, burning, threats, and a climactic duel. Romantic and coercive themes, frightening supernatural elements, and some drinking suit teens more than younger viewers. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ.

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Age guidanceAges 13+
Strongest cautionsDeath of a character 4/5 · Violence 4/5 · Frightening scenes 3/5
Strongest positivesCourage & resilience 4/5 · Positive messages 4/5
Recommendation3.5/5

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

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What parents should know

Frequent action violence includes killings, executions, torture consequences, burning, threats, and a climactic duel. Romantic and coercive themes, frightening supernatural elements, and some drinking suit teens more than younger viewers. 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: 13+Main watch-out: Death of a character 4/5
Recommendation 3.5/5

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Recommended age13+

Strongest cautions

  • Death of a character4/5
  • Violence4/5
  • Frightening scenes3/5

Strongest positives

  • Courage & resilience4/5
  • Positive messages4/5
  • Creativity & curiosity3/5

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What’s in it?

Products & advertising1/5
Why this rating?

The film is not presented as promoting products or brands, though its popularity has produced ordinary merchandise.

Death of a character4/5
Why this rating?

Several significant characters die, including Robin's father, Peter, Duncan, Gisbourne, the Sheriff, and Mortianna.

Graphic injury2/5
Why this rating?

Some brief glimpses of blood during injuries, wounds from arrows, and sword slashes.

Strong language2/5
Why this rating?

Includes some moderate profanity and insults consistent with the PG-13 rating.

Religious themes3/5
Why this rating?

A crusade setting, a friar, a bishop, alleged devil worship, church corruption, and a witch make religion and supernatural belief prominent.

Romance3/5
Why this rating?

Robin and Marian's love story is important, including attraction, marriage, kissing, and a threatened forced marriage.

Frightening scenes3/5
Why this rating?

Threatening villains, torture-related danger, burning, executions, imprisonment, frightening warriors, and a sinister witch create sustained tension.

Sexual content & nudity2/5
Why this rating?

Includes mild innuendo and a scene implying an attempted forced marriage/sexual assault threat.

Alcohol or drugs2/5
Why this rating?

Friar Tuck is characterized as beer-loving, suggesting recurring drinking, though substance use is not central.

Violence4/5
Why this rating?

Frequent medieval combat, raids, duels, archery, explosions, imprisonment, executions, and killings drive the story.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience4/5
Why this rating?

Characters repeatedly confront tyranny, danger, imprisonment, battlefield threats, and overwhelming forces to protect others.

Creativity & curiosity3/5
Why this rating?

The film encourages imaginative engagement with folklore, disguises, strategy, archery, outlaw adventures, and inventive rescue plans.

Diverse representation2/5
Why this rating?

Azeem is a major, capable Moorish ally with agency and a central role, though the broader cast is mostly English and medieval European.

Educational value1/5
Why this rating?

It offers incidental exposure to medieval England, crusades, feudal power, and Robin Hood folklore rather than systematic teaching.

Kindness & empathy3/5
Why this rating?

Characters protect one another, rescue prisoners, share stolen food and wealth with poor people, and honor promises.

Positive messages4/5
Why this rating?

It strongly supports justice, loyalty, resistance to tyranny, helping the poor, and using courage to protect vulnerable people.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

Robin, Azeem, Marian, and the outlaws show loyalty and bravery, though Robin breaks the law and some methods are violent.

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