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Woody Allen comedy about two neurotic
New York comedy writers, an experienced one (Allen) and an aspiring
one (Jason Biggs), and their relationship. The older one mentors the
younger one while they walk in Central Park, explaining that to move
forward one has to do some leaving (useless agents, uncommunicative
analysts, grating girlfriends). Meanwhile Biggs' character falls in
love with a free-spirited young woman (Christina Ricci). Also with
Stockard Channing and Danny DeVito. Directed by Woody Allen. [1:48]
SEX/NUDITY 6 - There's little nudity, but there are
several explicit conversations about sex. A man and a woman kiss
passionately, she wraps her legs around his waist and they continue
to kiss. A man and a woman kiss and lie back in a bed, they get out
of bed and continue kissing and he kisses down her neck. Also a man
and a woman kiss in bed. A man and a woman kiss several times. A man
and a woman lie in bed together, presumably after having had sex (we
see her bare shoulders and part of his bare chest). A woman invites
a man to join her in a rest room for a sexual encounter. A doctor
examines a woman in a hospital and touches her breasts repeatedly
(she's wearing a bra). A man caresses a woman and she pulls away. A
woman talks about having slept with another man and gives details,
and a woman talks about having had sex with another man in many
places in Europe. A man describes an erotic fantasy, and two men
talk about masturbation. A man flirts with a woman. We hear that a
man has bite marks on his back from a sexual encounter. A man
reminisces about having had sex with a woman in many unusual
locales. A woman wears panties and a tight T-shirt that reveal the
outline of her breasts and nipples. Women wear low-cut dresses in
several scenes that reveal cleavage. A woman talks about a diet pill
increasing her sex drive.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man talks about having shot and
killed a man. A man breaks the windshield and windows of a car with
a tire iron. A man yells at a man, he stumbles down a stair case
holding his chest and collapses on the floor. Three men argue over a
parking space and two threaten the other. A woman has a panic attack
and gasps for air. A man makes a reference to people having been
told that they were "going to showers" in Auschwitz. A man says "I
should commit suicide." A man talks about having hit another man on
the head with a fire extinguisher. A man says he heard another man
say "Jews start all wars." People bicker and argue throughout the
movie.
PROFANITY 4 - 3 sexual references, 1 scatological
term, 2 anatomical terms, 9 mild obscenities, 3 religious
profanities, 30 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Psychoanalysis, neuroses,
depression, comedy writing, paranoia, Nazis, Hitler, anti-Semitism,
atheism, relationships, divorce, lust, infidelity, fear of death,
fear of being alone, jealousy, humiliation, competition, passion,
rejection, sexual dysfunction.
MESSAGE - A man's place in the universe is what he
makes of it. To be sort of happy in life you have to do what you
want, not what other people tell you to do.
(Note: People are shown smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol,
snorting cocaine, taking sleeping pills and anti-depressants.)
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