Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, mild language and strong 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
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
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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 The Odyssey scary?
Only a little. The Odyssey has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is The Odyssey?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is The Odyssey rated, and is it OK for kids?
For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
What is The Odyssey about?
Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
Cast and crew
Created byAndrei Konchalovsky
StarringArmand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Geraldine Chaplin, Isabella Rossellini, Eric Roberts, Bernadette Peters