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.
The stories of four Chinese mothers and their four American
daughters give insight into the mother/daughter ties that bind.
SEX/NUDITY 4 - One scene depicts very strong sexual tension and desire which
leads to a passionate, yet brief love-making scene. The participants remain clothed. There
is also a brief rape scene between an old man and a young woman. A man and woman are shown
in bed together, presumably after having slept together. The man is bare-chested.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - There is a very disturbing scene where a mother abandons
her two infants at the side of a road, during war time. A girl is slapped in the face, and
a man throws his wife on the floor. A woman breaks a dish and lunges at a man with a sharp
shard. A woman commits suicide by eating opium laced sweets. We only see her after the
fact. A woman drowns her baby for revenge against her unfaithful and abusive husband. A
young girl is scalded by hot soup. A woman cuts her arm and the blood pours into a bowl.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 5 - A couple of F-words, scatological terms and anatomical
references, many of which are spoken in Chinese and translated in the subtitles. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Death of a mother, disappointing your parents, matchmaking,
infidelity, racism, suicide.
MESSAGE - You must always feel confident in your own worth.
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.
Become a member: You can subscribe
for as little as $1 per month and gain access to our premium site,
which contains no ads whatsoever. Think about it: You'll be
helping support our site and guarantee that we will continue to
publish, and you will be able to browse without any commercial
interruptions.
2.
Tell all your friends:
Please recommend kids-in-mind.com to
your friends and acquaintances; you'll be helping them by
letting them know how useful our site is, while helping us by
increasing our readership. Since we do not advertise, the best
and most reliable way to spread the word is by word-of-mouth.
3.
Alert local & national media:
Let major media know why you trust our ratings.
Call or e-mail a local newspaper, radio station or TV channel
and encourage them to do a story about our site. Since we do not have a PR firm working for us, you can
be our media ambassadors.
"This is an excellent resource for
families. Merits two thumbs up...[Finally] movie ratings that actually
work"
