Train Dreams: parents' guide

A Chinese worker is dragged off and thrown from a bridge to his death, a man is shot twice in revenge, falling trees kill loggers, and injured horses scream after a log strikes them. A man spits blood; nothing is gory.

Very little. Plugged In counted just one s-word and one 'damn,' and other guides note 'ass,' 'hell' and 'jeez.' The single s-word (in 'horses--t') is the strongest term.

A married couple has a brief sex scene with heavy breathing and movement, framed from the shoulders up with no nudity, and they are later shown in bed under blankets. Men make crude talk about dogs mating.

Men smoke pipes, and the couple has whiskey or wine with dinner. No drunkenness or drug use is noted.

Grief dominates: the hero searches a burning forest for his missing family, has dreams that seem to foretell disaster, sees men die on the job, and lives for decades with loss. A haunting vision adds an eerie, ghostly touch.