For a TV-14, this one goes further: moderate sex and nudity. 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
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
No gore
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.
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 Resident Alien scary?
Only a little. Resident Alien has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Resident Alien?
No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.
What is Resident Alien rated, and is it OK for kids?
It is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, and some strong language. Your call for older kids.
What is Resident Alien about?
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
Cast and crew
Created byChris Sheridan
StarringAlan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Elizabeth Bowen
