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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. |
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Biopic of baseball legend Tyrus Raymond Cobb with Tommy Lee
Jones in the title role.
SEX/NUDITY 7 - Plenty of sexual innuendo. A man and woman are shown nude in
flashbacks. Brief frontal nudity for the man. Another woman wears a skimpy costume and
later is shown briefly nude.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - There are scenes of sexual assault: a man drags a woman
into his hotel room, orders her to undress at gun point. There are several on-field
free-for alls, including kicking people with cleats said to be sharpened. A man's head
bleeds after his car overturns. A man is killed with a shotgun. This scene is shown three
times, in variations. Blood issues from his mouth. A man waves a gun around, firing
frequently. He attacks a heckler, beats his wife, and hits a friend in the face. The
friend then falls and cracks his head on a metal bed frame. And a sick man spits up a
quantity of blood.
PROFANITY 7 - The language runs fast and thick, from the F-word on down.
Racial epithets are also used. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Childhood trauma; divorce; racial prejudice; sexual assault;
homicide; alcohol abuse; family violence.
MESSAGE - Written history does not always reflect the truth. It may be
enhanced or revised, in service to emotional needs (such as the need to believe in
heroes.)
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Special Keywords: S7 - V7 - P7 - MPAAR |
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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. |
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