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Small-town girl Leelee Sobieski falls for rich prep-school
student Chris Klein when he spends the summer rebuilding her family's restaurant, which he
and her boyfriend (Josh Hartnett) destroyed while drag-racing. Also with Michael Rooker,
Annie Corley, Bruce Greenwood, Annette O'Toole, Elaine Hendrix, Stuart Wilson, Ronni
Saxon, Tac Fitzgerald, Jessica Stier and Isabell Monk. [1:36]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some sexual innuendo (including a reference to bestiality)
and several kisses (in one scene a boy kisses a girl's foot, shin, knee, stomach and mouth
as they're sitting on the ground, then they lean back, hidden by tall grass, and
presumably kiss more). We see the faces and bare shoulders of a boy and girl as they kiss
passionately, then we see them presumably nude but mostly covered with sheets while lying
in bed the next morning. We see a boy wearing a towel around his waist, a girl wearing
only a long dress shirt, a few women in cleavage- and midriff-revealing tops and some
shirtless men.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A boy punches another, some boys shove each other a
little, a boy is thrown head-first into a drum set on a stage (he's not injured) and a boy
tackles another and then they punch each other and wrestle on the ground, eventually
falling through the side of a partially built building (each has a small abrasion on his
face). A man forcefully puts a boy's arm behind his back when handcuffing him. A person
falls while running; we later see the person in a hospital and wearing a leg cast. In an
extended scene two cars chase each other, weave in front of each other and nearly hit some
pedestrians; eventually one of the cars runs into a gas station, causing an explosion that
destroys it and another building (no one is injured). Someone talks about finding their
mother in a bathtub filled with blood. We see a scene from a funeral ceremony (a closed
casket is visible).
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PROFANITY 3 - A couple of anatomical references, several scatological
references, a couple of mild obscenities and a couple of profane finger gestures. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Falling in love, love triangles, cancer, death of a loved
one, suicide, teen drinking, community service, rivalries, strained family relationships,
prejudice.
MESSAGE - Let your heart -- rather than your mind or your friends or family
-- tell you how to live your life.
