What is Inferno about?
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
A professor with amnesia races a global plot, piecing together clues in a suspenseful, cerebral thriller.
A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Inferno parents guide
Nothing past what a PG-13 promises: 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.
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Three questions
- Is Inferno scary?
- Only a little. Inferno has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Inferno?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Inferno rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated PG-13, with strong violence.
Cast and crew
Directed byRon Howard
StarringTom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ben Foster
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