Unlike the MPAA we do not assign one inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest, depending on quantity and context.
Suzy Amis stars as a woman who disguises herself as a man
in order to survive the rough, sexist world of 1866.
SEX/NUDITY 6 - There are a couple of brief love scenes: the participants are
topless. There's also an opaque mirror reflection of a nude woman, and another woman is
shown in a sheer negligee. Men are shown taking turns in visiting prostitutes. There's an
attempted rape, which is halted when the woman pulls a gun. References to oral
intercourse.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - A woman slashes her face with a straight razor; we hear
her scream and see the resulting scar. A man cuts a woman's face, and we see some blood. A
number of people are shot, some in slow motion. A family is shown after being massacred,
and one woman is shot in the back while she's running away. A couple of sheep are shown
after an encounter with a wolf; we then see the wolf being shot.
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PROFANITY 3 - Some scatological language, some cussing and some sexually
explicit references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Pregnancy out of wedlock, premarital sex, loneliness, opium
use, gender-bending.
MESSAGE - Women are equal to men; and, they can be as tough as men.
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