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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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Culled from the ancestral memories of director Ron Howard,
the film tells the story of a poor Irish boy with a mean punch (Tom Cruise) and a rich
Irish girl with a mean temper (Nicole Kidman), who arrive in Boston during the early
1800's and join the Oklahoma land rush.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Scantily clothed dancers in a cabaret, and a brothel. One
scene where Cruise dreams of he and Kidman making love, she is shown in her undergarments.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A lot of fist fighting, with lots of slow motion bleeding.
Cruise is stuck in the leg with a pitch fork, and Kidman is shot in the back, blood but no
real gore.
PROFANITY 1 - None to speak of apart from "bastard" and some
strong Irish slang. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Cultures run by the upper-class, hard-working poor enslaved
by the rich landowners.
MESSAGE - Don't give up on your dreams.
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Special Keywords: S3 - V3 - P1 - MPAAPG-13 |
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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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