Better Call Saul (2015)

Better Call Saul parents guide

It stays inside its TV-MA, with some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.

Scare

Not scary

Jump scares

None noted

Gore

Light gore

Some blood or injury, briefly.

Violence

Strong violence

Violence is frequent or intense.

Sex and nudity

Mild

Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.

Language

Moderate

Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

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Three questions

How gory is Better Call Saul?

Light gore and strong violence.

What is Better Call Saul rated, and is it OK for kids?

It is a TV-MA, with strong violence and some strong language. Keep it for adults.

What is Better Call Saul about?

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

Cast and crew

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Better Call Saul is on our Tearjerkers, Courtroom, Noir and neo-noir, Dark and 2010s lists.

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• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”
• “funny but not stupid, under two hours”