Mr. Robot (2015)

Mr. Robot parents guide

Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.

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

Moderate

Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.

Language

Strong

Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

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 Mr. Robot scary?

Only a little. Mr. Robot has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Mr. Robot?

Light gore and strong violence.

What is Mr. Robot rated, and is it OK for kids?

Moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and frequent strong language. The TV-MA is earned, so not for kids.

What is Mr. Robot about?

A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

Cast and crew

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Mr. Robot is on our Tearjerkers, Weird and surreal, 2010s, Drama and Crime lists.

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Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

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