E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: parents' guide

Little actual violence. Government agents and police with guns pursue the kids, Halloween pranks include setting fires and egging cars, and one costume shows a fake knife through a head. No one is hurt on screen.

Two s-words, plus damn, son of a bitch, several 'oh my God' exclamations and crude name-calling such as 'penis breath.' A reading of Peter Pan includes the slur 'redskin.'

Nothing beyond one kiss: feeling E.T.'s emotions, Elliott suddenly grabs a classmate and kisses her during a frog-dissection class. Brothers trade crude anatomy insults, but there's no nudity.

E.T. drinks several cans of beer while home alone and gets drunk, which makes Elliott act tipsy at school through their link. Some of Michael's teenage friends smoke cigarettes, and beer cans are prominently shown.

Opens with E.T. chased through dark woods by men with flashlights. Agents in spacesuits seal off the house, and E.T. and Elliott fall gravely ill in a long medical scene in which E.T. turns white and seems to die, which upsets many kids.