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Damage | 1993 | R | - 7.2.5

Film adaptation of Josephine Hart's erotic novel about an upper-class Britisher (Jeremy Irons) who carries on an illicit affair with his son's fiancee (Juliette Binoche).

SEX/NUDITY 7 - Remarkably -- for a film threatened with an NC-17 rating -- there isn't as much straightforward nudity as in most R-rated movies. However, the overall tone is raunchy, with numerous graphic scenes of rough sex, one scene of implied oral sex, and one brief scene with a frontally nude man. There is also talk of a brother/sister relationship with the insinuation of incest.

VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A man plummets to his death, and while the camera lingers on the falling body, there's little blood.

LANGUAGE 5 - Five F-words.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - The quasi-incestual relationship between a father-in-law and his daughter-in-law. Intense sexual passion beyond all reason. Self-destructiveness. Suicide.

MESSAGE - Lust can overwhelm, especially when one has been suppressing passion for most of his life.

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Be aware that while we do our best to avoid spoilers it is impossible to disguise all details and some may reveal crucial plot elements.

We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits.

Our ratings and reviews are based on the theatrically-released versions of films; on video there are often Unrated, Special, Director's Cut or Extended versions, (usually accurately labelled but sometimes mislabeled) released that contain additional content, which we did not review.


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