Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Parents need to know that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness -- which follows the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Loki -- centers around Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) helping mysterious, multiverse-jumping teen America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) figure out which supernatural sorcerer is hunting her. Strange asks fellow Avenger/WandaVision troublemaker Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) for her help across various timelines. Like the other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it has lots of comic book-style fighting and peril -- as well as themes of courage and teamwork -- but, thanks to director Sam Raimi, it's a much darker, more horror-based adventure than the typical MCU film. Expect jump scares, a resurrected dead body, violent deaths, graphic depictions of a decomposing body, and fatal fight scenes that decimate entire villages and have a high body count. People burn to death and are shown turning into ash, and characters explode, are crushed, seem to fall to their deaths, are impaled, have their necks snapped, and much more. There's no sex and barely any romance, although in a couple of scenes two characters embrace, hold hands, and stare longingly at each other. Language is occasionally salty, including some uses of "s--t," "ass," "damn," "goddamn," etc.