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A man (Ben Affleck) and his infant daughter move to New Jersey leaving their glamorous life in Manhattan behind after his wife dies in child birth and he is fired from his job. The man struggles to cope with his grief and become a single parent with the help of his father (George Carlin). He longs for his old life and continues to try to recapture the old days by interviewing for jobs in New York. When he finally gets a job offer he must decide between that and the family he has created with his daughter and father in New Jersey. Also with Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro and Jason Biggs. Directed by Kevin Smith. [1:43]

SEX/NUDITY 5 - A man and a woman kiss passionately, take off some articles of clothing (we see the woman in her bra (cleavage and bare abdomen), they continue kissing, the man caresses the woman's breasts, they hide in a shower and a young girl finds them there. A man and a woman kiss passionately, and lie back on the floor. Also man and a woman kiss in other scenes. A woman takes a man by the hand and says, "we're gonna have some sex." A woman asks a man about his "pornographic movie rental practices" when he tries to rent an adult movie at the video store where she works, she then quizzes him about his sex life and pornography during a dinner. A woman talks with a man about masturbation. A man and a woman dance, the man dips the woman and they hug. A man hugs a man in a few scenes. A young boy (5 or 6) pulls down his pants for a girl of the same age so that she can look at his private parts (nothing is exposed to us); then the little girl lifts her skirt to show the little boy her private parts (again, nothing is exposed to us). We see a nude baby girl at delivery, and we see a baby girl's private parts and buttocks while having her diaper changed. A man is bare-chested while shaving. A young girl asks her father about the size of his endowment. Women wear low-cut tops and dresses revealing cleavage, bare backs and shoulders. A number of women at a party wear fur tube tops that reveal cleavage and bare abdomens. We see sonogram images of fetuses in the womb.

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A woman in labor and during delivery screams and complains of pain, then falls unconscious and we hear that she has died of an aneurism. A man's throat is slit on stage in a play and fake blood spurts from the wound; there's another similar scene from a play, which is less gory (blood does not spurt). We see a baby at delivery covered with blood and fluids. Two men yell at each other, a man yells at a woman, and a man and a little girl yell at each other in a few scenes. A man yells in frustration. A man grieves when he's told his wife is dead. A man talks about not wanting to die alone. A man drives his car in the path of a street sweeper in order to make it stop. We see a soiled diaper and people react with disgust. A man changes a baby's diaper and makes a face -- reacting to the odor.

PROFANITY 5 - 1 F-word, 19 sexual references, 29 scatological terms (3 mild), 12 anatomical terms (2 mild), 20 mild obscenities, 2 religious profanities, 44 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Family, parental responsibilities, love, grief, death of a spouse, single parenting, lying, change, casual sex, Adolf Hitler, self-respect, the PR industry, desperation, bisexuality, pornography.

MESSAGE - Family is more important than money. Parenting is the best job in the world.

(Note: People are shown drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes in several scenes. People discuss alcoholism.)

Special Keywords: S5 - V3 - P5 - MPAAPG-13