Sense and Sensibility
NZ release: 29 February 1996
Suitable for general audiences Rated on: 17 February 2025
What’s it about?
After the wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies, his second wife and her three daughters are left poor by the rules of inheritance. The older two daughters, and their contrasting personalities, are tested as they encounter love, betrayal and the pressures of life in 19th century England.
The facts
- Directed by Ang Lee
- Starring Emma Thompson (Love Actually), Kate Winslet (Titanic), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter), Hugh Grant (Notting Hill), Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Greg Wise (Johnny English), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), and Hugh Laurie (House)
- English language
- Runtime: 136 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This film game was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Mild themes
A woman’s cleavage is shown and there is one mild reference of a man leaving a woman after getting her pregnant.
During a medical procedure, a wound on a woman’s arm is shown with blood dripping out of it. A bowl full of dark blood is seen underneath the arm.
Coarse language is mild with one use of the word “b*tch.”
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