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.
In this drama directed by John Sayles, a budding romance
between a travelling nightclub singer and a man who's still struggling with a past tragedy
is tested when they, along with her distant daughter, find themselves forced to survive in
the wilderness. With Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez, Kris
Kristofferson, Leo Burmester, Kathryn Grody, Michael Laskin, Casey Siemaszko and Rita
Taggart. [2:06]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A little sexual innuendo and a few passionate kisses. We see
a shirtless man and a woman in a robe lying in bed, presumably post-coitus. People take
off their wet clothing and we see a girl's bare back, a man in his underwear and a woman
in a bra, briefly. A couple of cleavage-revealing tops.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Several gunshots are heard and it's implied a man has been
murdered. Blood drips on a piece of paper, then we see a girl cutting herself with a razor
blade (she has three bloody lines of cuts on her inner arm); she also presses a scissor
blade underneath her eye but doesn't cut herself. Someone discovers a corpse's hand and
wrist underneath some brush. A fish is shot (we see a man point the gun at it, then hear a
shot). A few remarks and stories about people killing themselves or dying in accidents.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 7 - About 13 F-words, several anatomical references, many
scatological references, lots of mild obscenities and some insults (most are in reference
to lesbians). [profanity glossary]
MESSAGE - None of us can completely cross the line from uncertainty to
certainty during the course of our lives, because the future is really one big question
mark.
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