What is The Mentalist about?
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
A charming, observant con man uses his past deceptions to solve gritty crimes with dry wit.
Suspenseful and earnest. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu.
The Mentalist parents guide
It stays inside its TV-14, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
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
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Three questions
- Is The Mentalist scary?
- Only a little. The Mentalist has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is The Mentalist?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is The Mentalist rated, and is it OK for kids?
- A gentle TV-14: some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Cast and crew
Created byBruno Heller
StarringSimon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Rockmond Dunbar, Joe Adler, Josie Loren
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