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In this black comedy, everyone in a small town becomes a
suspect when a much-despised woman not-so-accidentally drives her Yugo off a cliff. With
Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Affleck, Peter Dobson,
Will Ferrell, William Fichtner, Raymond O'Connor, Marcus Thomas and Yul Vazquez. [1:31]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - Several instances of sexual innuendo (including a reference
to fellatio and ménage a trois) and several kisses (including one between two women). A
few scenes -- which are more comical than passionate -- take place in a motel room where a
man and woman are having an affair: in two scenes they kiss passionately (in one scene
she's wearing a leotard and he's shirtless), in another a man puts his head on a woman's
lap (it's not implied that oral sex happens) and in another we see a woman wearing
a leotard and holding a board game between her knees while a man unzips his pants (we
briefly see the front of his underwear) and spins a game piece with his tongue. From a
distance we see a man with an unbuttoned shirt and an S&M leather collar around his
neck standing outside a motel room with a woman wearing an unbuttoned dress (she appears
to be wearing a black negligee). A man squeezes a woman's clothed buttocks (we see this in
a close-up) and briefly fondles her clothed breasts. A man flirts with a young teenage
girl (it's innocent, with the exception of their age difference). We see a man with
lipstick smeared on his lips and cheeks taking pictures of a woman wearing a
cleavage-revealing top.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - Most of the violence has a humorous rather than a dramatic
tone. A woman drives her car off a cliff and into a lake when her brakes fail; we see the
car sink, then see it being pulled out (when a door is opened, we see her arm). We see
someone fall into a lake and later being drowned by another person; we also see the body
floating in the water and being pulled out by a few people. We see a man's arm stump
throughout the movie and see four versions of how he lost his hand (all while reaching for
a beer): in one scene he reaches into a wood chopper and in the other scenes his hand is
chopped off by a women using a cleaver, cut off by a chainsaw and eaten by a fish (all of
this is implied, as we never see him actually lose his hand; also, there's no blood or
gore, but we do see his pained expression and hear him yelling). Someone holding a gun to
their head is tackled; from behind a gravestone obscuring our view, we hear scuffling and
two gunshots, but in the end no one is injured. A woman threatens a man with a frying pan
and eventually hits him in the face with it (we see this scene again later in the movie).
A man punches a woman; we see her twice with a black eye. A man grabs a woman by the
throat and pushes her against a car; in another scene, a woman does the same to a man. A
man flips a woman off a bed while they're kissing passionately. Several face slaps, a
woman slaps a man in the arm, a woman grabs another from behind to restrain her and a man
throws another to the ground. A person smashes a car's headlight with a golf club and
throws the club at the car as it drives away (we see part of this scene again later in the
movie); also, another person kicks and hits the car. A man on a ladder drops gardening
shears and we hear a cat screech; in another scene, we see a man chasing a dog with a
lawnmower and it's implied that he runs over and kills the dog (we don't see any of it
happen). A man puts his hand on a table and quickly stabs the spaces between his fingers
with a knife. Several scenes during which a woman screams and verbally threatens people;
also, a few other verbal threats are made throughout the movie. A police officer pulls a
drunk driver out of a car, then the driver vomits on the officer. A man burps.
PROFANITY 5 - One F-word and about 4 F-word derivatives, lots of anatomical
references, many scatological references, lots of mild obscenities and some name-calling. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, police investigations, small towns, infidelity, hate,
revenge, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, marriage, drunk driving.
MESSAGE - Bad people deserve bad things to happen to them.
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