Ex Machina (2015)

Ex Machina parents guide

It stays inside its R, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

None noted

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

Is Ex Machina scary?

Only a little. Ex Machina has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Ex Machina?

Light gore and some violence.

What is Ex Machina rated, and is it OK for kids?

It is an R, with moderate sex and nudity, and some strong language. Keep it for adults.

What is Ex Machina about?

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

Cast and crew

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