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Blow Dry | 2001 | R | - 6.5.4

The British Hair Dressing Federation is having its annual competition, which is just enough to bring together a family of stylists who've been torn apart since the mother left her husband and son for a woman. With Hugh Bonneville, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Hartnett, Heidi Klum, Bill Nighy and Alan Rickman. [1:45]

SEX/NUDITY 6 - Mild kissing. We see a woman with her legs wrapped around a man's hips, and then she stands up, pulls off her dress (she's standing in her bra and thong underwear) and asks the man to clip her pubic hair into the shape of a heart (later the man comments on the "love heart" he made for her). Two women share a toast, kiss, and then talk about going to bed together. We see a woman in only a towel standing in front of a man; we see her bare back and shoulders, and from the man's reaction it's implied he can see her genitals. A woman wears an outfit that reveals her bare breasts but covers her nipples (with pasty-type thingies). We see a completely naked woman whose skin has been painted. A painted naked woman in a robe opens her robe and hugs another woman. Two women kiss, and a man kisses a man on the cheek. Some cleavage.

VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A man fires a few shots at another man but no one is hit or hurt. In a few scenes we see several covered corpses getting hair cuts; one corpse sits up and burps. A character is slowly dying of cancer throughout the movie (we see her hair falling out and watch her vomit). A man sets part of a woman's hairpiece on fire but she's not hurt.

LANGUAGE 5 - Five F-words, some anatomical references, a few scatological references, several mild obscenities, a few religious profanities.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Broken families, cancer, children coping with a gay parent, cheating, competition, forgiveness, love, teamwork.

MESSAGE - Sometimes an urgent situation is needed to bring loved ones together.

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