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.
Ben Affleck plays an arrogant advertising executive who
falls for a woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) whose husband has recently died in a plane accident.
Also with Natasha Henstridge, Jennifer Grey, Tony Goldwyn, Joe Morton, David Paymer,
Johnny Galecki, David Dorfman and Alex D. Linz. [1:45]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A few instances of sexual innuendo and several kissing
scenes, which are at times passionate. We see a man and woman in bed together post coitus;
the man is in his boxer shorts and the woman is obviously naked but covered by a blanket
(her bare shoulders are visible). A shirtless man and woman kiss passionately in bed; he
takes her shirt off (we see her bare shoulders and possibly a brief glimpse the top of her
bare breast) and it's implied they have sex.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - Much of the story revolves around a plane crash: We hear
of a plane crash and see the flaming wreckage from a plane crash. An angry dog attacks a
man, biting a hole in his pants and tearing his shirt. A drunken man falls off a stage. We
see the back of a man urinating at a urinal.
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PROFANITY 5 - 1 F-word, several scatological references, some mild
obscenities, and a few religious profanities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Loss of a husband, loss of a parent, death, grieving,
alcoholism, honesty, casual sex, family, plane crashes, love, priorities, bravery, fear.
MESSAGE - Don't run from love. Grieve the loss of a loved one and move on,
especially if another true love is calling.
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