Movie · Romance, Comedy · 2020 · PG

Emma.: parents' guide

9+our pick

Best for ages 9 and up. Rated PG for brief partial nudity.

A witty, gorgeous costume comedy that is gentle in content, though its talky Regency matchmaking will hold teens and adults better than young kids. Emma Woodhouse meddles in her friends' love lives with mixed results. The PG comes from two brief, non-sexual glimpses of bare bottoms: a man being dressed by servants and a woman warming herself by a fire. Otherwise expect a few kisses, social drinking, a short scare on a country road and almost no swearing. About 9 and up fits, with a parent ready to explain the class snobbery.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

Very little. Harriet is accosted by a band of strangers on a country road and rescued, hurting her ankle. Emma gets a stress nosebleed, a man pounds a carriage roof in anger, and an off-screen death is reported.

Language

None

No profanity. A stray 'Good God' and sharp insults such as 'arrogant' and 'selfish' are as strong as it gets.

Sex and nudity

Mild

Two brief, non-sexual shots of bare bottoms, one as servants dress a man and one as a woman lifts her skirts by a fire. Otherwise courtship talk, longing looks and a couple of kisses near the end.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Mild

Adults drink wine and liquor at dinners and parties, and a man is wrongly suspected of being drunk when he makes an unwelcome declaration. No smoking or drugs.

Scary or intense scenes

Mild

Little to scare. The roadside encounter is brief and mostly reported after the fact; the most upsetting moments are social, such as public snubs, an unkind joke at a picnic, and heartbreak.

Worth talking about

Emma learns that her matchmaking hurt the very people she meant to help: when does helping a friend cross into controlling them?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, childrenandmedia.org.au, movieguide.org. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.