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.
A dysfunctional family must come to terms with family and
personal issues when the father dies and they have to plan his funeral. With LL Cool J,
Jada Pinkett, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton, Cedric the
Entertainer, Darius McCrary and Whoopi Goldberg. [1:35]
SEX/NUDITY 2 - We see a man in boxer shorts asleep in bed. We see a couple
in bed holding each other; the man is shirtless. A woman in a cleavage-revealing top jumps
on a man and pushes him on a bed and they begin to kiss. Talk of two people having sex in
a car in a parking lot; talk about an extramarital affair.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man dies of a stroke while at the kitchen table. A man
puts a gun to a woman's head. A man punches another man in the gut, and a man chokes
another man. A woman begins to climb into a casket (with a corpse in it) but is stopped. A
woman slaps a man in the face, and a woman throws a drink in a man's face. Reckless
driving. We see a man sitting on a toilet. Several instances of flatulence.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 4 - Some anatomical references, a few scatological references,
several mild obscenities, some religious profanities, several insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Infidelity, death, family, alcoholism, loss of parent,
loss of husband, miscarriage.
MESSAGE - Family affairs aren't always easy but love and understanding are
necessary to make families work.
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limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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