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.
Two ditzy teenage girls are named official White House dog
walkers after President Nixon believes they've uncovered some incriminating evidence
about his involvement in Watergate. With Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya,
Will Ferrell, Bruce McCulloch, Teri Garr, Dave Foley, Jim Breuer, Ana Gasteyer, Harry
Shearer, Saul Rubinek, Devon Gummersall, Ted McGinley, Ryan Reynolds and G.D. Spradlin. [1:32]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some sexual innuendo (including mild references to incest,
pornographic movies and masturbation) and a couple of kisses. A girl pushes a boy onto a
bed and they kiss passionately for a little bit; when he gets up, we see some of his
underwear underneath his unzipped pants. It's implied that a man and woman have had a
sexual tryst (both are clothed; the woman's lipstick is smeared). A girl tells
another a brief, clinical definition of fellatio. Through binoculars, a man briefly
watches a clothed girl dancing in her bedroom. We see an illustrated poster of a naked
couple embracing (only the man's back is visible) and two girls in midriff-revealing
tops and short shorts.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - Mostly played for laughs: men slap at each other, a man
lightly grabs another's arm, a girl roller-skates into a pole and falls down, a van
follows and then nearly runs over two girls, broken and disheveled things are in a house
that's been ransacked, a girl burns many pictures of a man in a wastebasket, a
boy's buttocks are apparently pierced by a pin, a boy burps and a man's
flatulence is audible.
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PROFANITY 5 - About 3 F-words, several anatomical references (plus some
double entendres with "Dick"), several scatological references, many mild
obscenities, some insults and name-calling, several obscene finger gestures and a racial
slur. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Watergate, the White House, Vietnam, politics, drug use,
anti-Semitism, crushes, deception.
MESSAGE - Two seemingly clueless girls were responsible for Nixon's
resignation; don't underestimate anyone's ability to uncover the truth, no
matter how ignorant he or she seems.
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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