The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Movie Silkwood
Dolly Pelliker (Cher) spends the night with a person, who turns out to be a woman the following day.
Drew (Russell) and Karen (Streep) sleep together on several occasions, although no nudity is shown.
Karen (Streep) briefly exposes her breast to a coworker who is annoying her.
A crying woman is shown from the side being scrubbed down by company officials in a shower after she tested positive for nuclear contamination. Part of her breast is visible.
Violence & Gore
mild
Violence & Gore Reason
There are a couple of car accidents.
Profanity
moderate
Profanity Reason
strong language, including uses of 'damn', 'shit', 'fuck' and 'bastard'.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
mild
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking Reason
Some of the characters smoke and drink.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes Reason
The scenes in which certain characters are showered/scrubbed after they are found to be contaminated could be a bit intense for young children.