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.
Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn are actresses obsessed with
staying young and use a magic potion with strange results. Bruce Willis co-stars.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - One exposed rear end and a scene where a woman wears only a
bead necklace to cover her breasts. No frontal nudity.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - The characters attempt to kill each other off in violent
ways, such as choking, pushing down stairs, driving a car off of a cliff and using a
shotgun. Special effects make it a cartoon-like experience.
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PROFANITY 2 - There are curse words sprinkled throughout. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, mortality and death, and the loss of youth.
MESSAGE - When we become so obsessed with aging that we make our lives
miserable, we're not really living anyway and we're unable to enjoy the rest of the years
we have left. In other words, getting older sure beats the alternative.
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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