Movie · Romance, Comedy · 1987 · PG

Moonstruck: parents' guide

13+our pick

Best for ages 13 and up. Rated PG.

A warm, funny Oscar-winning romantic comedy that suits teens about 13 and up who can follow its grown-up themes. A Brooklyn widow engaged to one brother falls hard for the other, while her own parents wrestle with infidelity. Despite the PG, it includes an implied night of sex with her later seen under a sheet, cheating as a running theme, occasional s-words and loud family arguments. There is no real violence or scary content. Adult choices about love and fidelity are the main reason to watch it together.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

Little violence: Ronny makes a melodramatic, half-joking threat to kill himself, and Loretta later slaps him to snap him out of it. He describes losing his hand in a bread slicer. Family arguments get loud but never physical.

Language

Moderate

Sparse but present: an occasional s-word, a few milder curses, and an Italian word for prostitute. Most of the dialogue is heated but clean.

Sex and nudity

Moderate

Loretta and Ronny kiss passionately and spend the night together, with moaning heard and her later seen under a sheet, apparently nude. Her father is having an affair, and a womanizing professor flirts with her mother.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Mild

Adults drink wine and champagne at dinners, restaurants and the opera, and Loretta has a drink before a date. No drunkenness or drugs are noted.

Scary or intense scenes

None

Nothing scary. The intensity comes from family shouting matches and the fallout of betrayal, all handled with humor.

Worth talking about

Rose keeps asking why men cheat: what answers does the film offer, and why do you think she handles her husband's affair the way she does?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, bbfc.co.uk, Wikipedia, the MPA, screenwiseapp.com. 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.