What is Sweet Tooth about?
On an epic adventure across a postapocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's part human and part deer searches for family and home with a gruff protector.
A lovable hybrid boy and his gruff protector journey across a post-apocalyptic world, searching for a new beginning.
Uplifting. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Sweet Tooth parents guide
No sex or nudity and mild language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
- 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
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Three questions
- Is Sweet Tooth scary?
- Only a little. Sweet Tooth has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Sweet Tooth?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is Sweet Tooth rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Fine for most older kids. Rated TV-14, with no sex or nudity and mild language.
Cast and crew
Created byJim Mickle
StarringNonso Anozie, Christian Convery, Adeel Akhtar, Stefania LaVie Owen, Naledi Murray, Amy Seimetz
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