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The fourth film in Barry Levinson's coming-of-age
series set in 1950s Baltimore follows two Jewish brothers (Adrien Brody and Ben Foster)
who experience anti-Semitism and fall for "forbidden" girls: a WASP debutante
and an African-American. Also with Orlando Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Rebekah
Johnson, David Krumholtz, Richard Kline, Vincent Guastaferro, Justin Chambers, Carolyn
Murphy, James Pickens Jr., Anthony Anderson, Frania Rubinek and Kiersten Warren. [2:07]
SEX/NUDITY 6 - Lots of sexual innuendo, including a reference to fellatio
and discussions of human and animal penis sizes. Some kisses; we see a couple kissing
passionately in a car and briefly see a boy and girl kissing passionately on a bed. We see
a wet spot on the crotch of a boy's pants, implying that he ejaculated when a girl
briefly touched his leg. While a boy is sitting on the floor of a car, he stares at a
girl's bare legs and sees part of her slip. In several scenes taking place in a
burlesque theater, we see scantily clad women dance suggestively and begin stripping; in
two scenes we briefly see a woman's bare buttocks and in another we see a topless
woman with tassels on her breasts. Outside a burlesque theater we see posters of scantily
clad women.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A scuffle and a fistfight with several punches in the
stomach and face. Men yell and need to be restrained from hitting each other. Reckless
driving; we see a boy drive his car through a garage door (he gets a very small bloody
facial cut). A boy with a bruised, cut face and bandages on his arm is seen in a hospital
bed. Two instances of threatening with guns. We hear a girl vomit.
PROFANITY 6 - About 3 F-words, lots of anatomical references and slang
terms, lots of scatological references, lots of mild obscenities, some insults and several
racial epithets. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Being Jewish, anti-Semitism, racism, discovering one's
sexuality, discovering people and ideas outside of your "world," falling in
love, gambling rackets, burlesque shows, abduction, courage.
MESSAGE - Your youth is a memorable time marked by discovery, curiosity,
disappointment, hope and innocence lost.
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