Forrest Gump: parents' guide

Vietnam combat with gunfire, explosions, blood-covered wounded and a friend dying, plus a lieutenant's mangled legs. Narration implies Jenny's father sexually abused her as a child (not shown). Kids throw rocks at young Forrest, a boyfriend slaps Jenny, and news footage shows assassinations.

One clearly heard f-word (others are cut off), about ten s-words, 'bitch,' 'bastard,' 'damn' and more than 20 misuses of God's name, mostly 'goddamn.' The n-word and 'retard' are used as insults.

Jenny poses topless in a men's magazine (side view), sings nude in a club behind a guitar with her backside visible, and presses Forrest's hand to her bare breast. They later have sex, briefly seen from behind. Young Forrest overhears his mother trading sex for a favor.

During her hippie years Jenny snorts cocaine and is shown around pipes and pills, and a companion with a syringe is implied to have just injected heroin. A wounded veteran drinks heavily in despair. Drinking and cigarette smoking appear throughout.

Young Jenny hides and prays in a cornfield from her drunk, abusive father, and narration implies he sexually abused her. As an adult she stands on a balcony ledge thinking about jumping. Several beloved characters die, including a mother, and the battle scenes are intense.