Some animals are killed, whipped or threatened - some offscreen.
One of the main characters is taken away to be killed.
There are some graphic sequences of animals fighting humans. A dog bites a man's sweater and blood is shown on it.
In the beginning, the leader of the farm dies.
Boxer is shot in the knee and little blood is shown.
A pig is killed offscreen by a pack of hounds.
Profanity
None
1 damn.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Moderate
Other animals are occasionally seen drinking and getting drunk as well.
Jones gets drunk. One of the commandments is "Animals will not drink alcohol" which the pigs break.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate
A dead dog is seen early in the film and a dead cat at midpoint. Other animals are seen dead after battle scenes but the dead pets could be especially upsetting.
Farmer Jones constantly abuses the farm animals.
The overall content of the movie, especially in the second part, is extreamly bleak and sometimes shocking. However, the film is softened a bit by the oppressed animals, at the end of their patience at Napoleon's tyranny, taking their chances for something better by rising up and violently overthrowing the pigs.