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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Film · 2h 35m · Rated PG-13

Action, Adventure

An aging adventurer confronts a familiar evil, embarking on an epic, pulpy quest with bittersweet stakes.

Melancholy. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Disney+.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny parents guide

It stays inside its PG-13, with no sex or nudity and mild language.

Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
None noted
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny scary?
Only a little. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny rated, and is it OK for kids?
It is rated PG-13, with strong violence. Your call for older kids.

What is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny about?

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byJames Mangold
StarringHarrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook, Olivier Richters, Ethann Isidore

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