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Is Penguin OK for kids?

2020 · Tamil · 2h 12m · ←Ratings44
Age guidance
12 and up
CBFC U/A · our read 12+ · read from 12 reviews and the board’s record
12+
Parents should know
Strong violence: a killer murders a toddler in a blood-soaked room filled with dismembered body parts. A Tamil thriller about a mother searching for her kidnapped son; includes a graphic opening killing of a child and other bloody, disturbing scenes. Also moderate scary or upsetting scenes.
Parents should know

12 and up

  • Strong violence
  • Moderate intense scenes

From 12 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC U/A certificate’s.

1 · CertificateCBFC U/A · 12+
2 · Filmi’s read4 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
LanguageNot documented
Sex & nudityNot documented
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
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Filmi Score
Mixed
8 reviews · Details →
44
Summary

Rhythm, a pregnant woman, is traumatised by nightmares about the unsolved kidnapping of her first child, Ajay. Soon, she embarks on a harrowing mission to solve the mystery of Ajay's disappearance.

Filmi puts it at 12+, and the CBFC certified it U/A.

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Filmi Score
Mixed
44
Certificates
CBFC · IndiaU/A
Minimum age Source: CBFC
Certificate · CBFC
U/Aminimum age 12
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The record, item by item

Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“a long sequence in an abattoir-like room, bathed in blood-red light, leaking dead human parts and sharp weapons” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“We see the masked man (?) slicing the body of his prey, the child.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“promises a delicious flavour of a South Korean horror and a taut investigative thriller” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“cheap (cheat) thrills in the form of dream sequences and gratuitous violence that only makes us squirm” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“some scenes are creepy enough to genuinely give us the chills” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Penguin injects elements of mild horror into a story about a very pregnant woman and her missing son” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“You thought Charlie Chaplin's prop was a walking stick. Now, it's an axe!” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“his victim, a kid of no more than three years of age, is an easy prey” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“As though, the act of killing itself isn't chilling enough” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“a long sequence in an abattoir-like room, bathed in blood-red light, leaking dead human parts” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“gratuitous violence that only makes us squirm”
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“his victim, a kid of no more than three years of age, is an easy prey” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“With this frightful stretch, director Eashvar Karthic sets the mood” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“filled with dread and unease, hinting at strange things and dastardly truths ahead” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“penguin mother's grit and tenacity in retrieving her son from the sea” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“the effort to prop up motherhood in the end with awkward lines like Amma oru attitude” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“penguin mother's grit and tenacity in retrieving her son from the sea” view the record →

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Summary

Rhythm, a pregnant woman, is traumatised by nightmares about the unsolved kidnapping of her first child, Ajay. Soon, she embarks on a harrowing mission to solve the mystery of Ajay's disappearance.

Parents ask

Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Penguin OK for kids?

Filmi puts Penguin at 12+ — suitable for 12 and over. The CBFC certified it U/A. That comes from the certificate and from what reviewers documented, not from anyone at Filmi watching the film — every claim on this page is quoted with its source.

What age is Penguin suitable for?

12+, based on the CBFC rating of U/A. 2 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.

What content should parents know about in Penguin?

What the record shows: violence — strong; language — not on record; sex or nudity — not on record; drink or drugs — not on record; frightening scenes — moderate. A category left blank means nobody documented it, not that the film is clean — the full record, quoted with sources, is on this page.

Did the censor board cut anything from Penguin?

The CBFC certified it U/A with no published cut list. That is not the same as the film being uncut — only that no modification was published.

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