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.
A young man (Mark Wahlberg) becomes a big star in the porn
film industry. With Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore and Heather Graham.
SEX/NUDITY 9 - Full female frontal nudity. We also see her bare buttocks and
she then gets on top of a man as another man watches; it's assumed they have sex (although
the actual act is not seen). A large penis is seen for several seconds. A man sees his
wife and another man having sex, with thrusting and moaning, and we see her bare breasts.
A group of people watch a couple having sex with explicit thrusting, in an extended scene.
During a filmed sex scene we see thrusting, lots of moaning and deep kissing (including
between men and between women). There are several other sex scenes: A filmed scene has a
man licking a woman's nipple; a couple have sex off screen (we can't see anything but we
hear it); a montage of women's bare breasts and implied oral sex (we see women's heads
moving). In another scene of implied oral sex (we see a woman unzip a man's pants and
kneel down). A man reaches into his underwear and feels himself and in a later scene
masturbates. Lots of sexual innuendo including references to oral sex, homosexuality, anal
sex and explicit instructions during the filming of porn scenes.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A man slams a woman against a wall. A woman has a severe
nose bleed and a man's mouth is bloody after being hit. A man slaps another man and a man
slaps a woman in a film. Fight scenes in a film. A man shoots two people dead but we don't
see the actual shooting. When a man commits suicide blood sprays on a wall. A man is
kicked and punched by two people (including being stomped by skates) and his face is very
bloody. A group beat up a man and kick him in the face with some blood. A gunfight with
some people being shot and very bloody; a man has blood and brains all over him. Other
people are shot and killed. A woman has blood on her thighs from childbirth.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 10 - About 150 F-words, many scatological references, many
anatomical references, many mild obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Pornography, the '70s and '80s, casual sex, fame, drugs.
A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period. While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
Become a member: You can subscribe for as little as $1 per month and gain access to our premium site, which contains no ads whatsoever. Think about it: You'll be helping support our site and guarantee that we will continue to publish, and you will be able to browse without any commercial interruptions.
2.
Tell all your friends: Please recommend kids-in-mind.com to your friends and acquaintances; you'll be helping them by letting them know how useful our site is, while helping us by increasing our readership. Since we do not advertise, the best and most reliable way to spread the word is by word-of-mouth.
3.
Alert local & national media: Let major media know why you trust our ratings. Call or e-mail a local newspaper, radio station or TV channel and encourage them to do a story about our site. Since we do not have a PR firm working for us, you can be our media ambassadors.
"This is an excellent resource for families. Merits two thumbs up...[Finally] movie ratings that actually work"
