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.
Chris Rock stars as the leader of a rap band, in this
parody of what it really takes to make it as a rapper. The band's lyrics and actions are
an exaggerated version of controversial rap groups like NWA.
SEX/NUDITY 6 - There are two explicit sex scenes in which we clearly see a
topless woman, as well as flashes of the rest of her unclothed body. One scene shows
characters licking various parts of their partner's body (oral sex is suggested). During a
rendition of the band's hit song, brown balloons symbolizing a part of the male anatomy,
fall from the ceiling.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - There's a brief car chase, accompanied by gun fire between
the two cars. Two fist fights (without blood) and one character has a heart attack and
dies when he's threatened with a gun. At the dead man's open casket funeral, a man punches
his corpse.
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PROFANITY 9 - Every profanity imaginable is here: at least 30 utterances of
the F-word, plus assorted anatomical references, scatological language and insults. The
issue of dirty song lyrics is one of the film's themes. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Pre-marital sex, drug-dealing, women treated as sex-objects.
MESSAGE - Be yourself; don't hide behind a facade.
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