What is ER about?
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
ER (1994)
Dedicated doctors and staff relentlessly confront critical issues in an overburdened, gritty urban emergency room.
Earnest. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is devastating.
ER parents guide
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a TV-14 usually carries. Beyond that, some strong language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is ER?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is ER rated, and is it OK for kids?
- For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, and some strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byMichael Crichton
StarringMaura Tierney, Parminder Nagra, Linda Cardellini, Scott Grimes, David Lyons, Angela Bassett
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