Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: parents' guide

Frequent, often grisly superhero battles with a high body count. Heroes are crushed by a statue, sliced in half and shredded, one's head implodes, others burn to ash or have their necks snapped, and a monster's eye is torn out. Little red blood.

Plugged In counted three s-words, plus one "goddamn" and scattered "ass," "damn," "hell" and "crap." No f-words. One joke wonders whether Spider-Man shoots webs from his rear.

Strange still pines for his former girlfriend at her wedding, and they talk about loving each other across universes; only hand-holding and longing looks. Strange is briefly shirtless, and America remembers her two moms being affectionate.

Strange drinks a martini or two at a wedding reception where other guests have champagne, wine and cocktails. No drunkenness, smoking or drug use.

Built like a horror film: jump scares, a dead body raised and controlled, decaying faces, skeletal spirits dragging people toward the underworld, and a nearly unstoppable villain stalking a teenage girl. A flashback shows the girl accidentally losing her two mothers through a portal.