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.
Julian Sands stars as a surgeon who is so obsessed with
Sherilyn Fenn that he amputates her limbs, in order to keep her with him always.
SEX/NUDITY 9 - Many, very explicit sex scenes, including intimations of oral
sex. Some sex scenes involve unorthodox positions, a lot of thrusting and a lot of nudity.
A number of women are shown topless, under various circumstance (in one scene a woman's
bare breast is shown as she taunts her son who's been watching her make love); there are
also many bare bottoms, both male and female. A woman explains, in explicit detail, how a
woman likes to make love.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A woman is hit by a car and her legs are briefly seen
being torn apart; it's a bloody scene. Fenn is shown limbless in many scenes although the
amputation is never actually shown. There are shoving matches between the two principals
-- with some slapping and choking -- and Sands threatens to kill himself while pointing a
gun at his head; he then threatens to kill Fenn while pointing the gun at her head.
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PROFANITY 5 - Seven F-words, as well as several scatological terms and
sexually explicit descriptions. [profanity glossary]
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