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ASSIGNED NUMBERS |
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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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A woman (Jessica Lange), obsessed with her son, makes life
for his wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) very hazardous.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A brief glimpse of a woman's bare buttocks and the side of
her breast. A couple is shown kissing and undressing each other, but no nudity is evident.
Several scenes where sex is implied, but nothing is evident.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A woman is cut with a knife resulting in a bloody wound.
Dead rats covered with blood fall from an attic. A lengthy, unassisted and painful labor
and delivery; after she has given birth the woman and the bed she is lying in are covered
in bloody, and the umbilical cord is shown being cut. A woman tries to kill another woman
with a drug overdose, and a woman is smacked by another woman and falls down. A hypodermic
needle is shown going into an arm.
PROFANITY 5 - One F-word, several scatological and anatomical terms, and
several mild obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, abortion, obsessive behavior, the Oedipal complex and
mothers and sons.
MESSAGE - In-laws can be murder.
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Special Keywords: S3 - V4 - P5 - 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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