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.
Who's-doing-it thriller about a serial killer/rapist, with
Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman.
SEX/NUDITY 6 - There are three sex scenes with varying degrees of intensity.
All the sex scenes include nudity -- primarily female: there are nude posteriors several
times as well as breasts. A man is shown nude -- but his private parts are not exposed.
The most intense scene leaves nothing to the imagination, including the sound effects and
the number of sweat beads collecting on skin. Oral sex is also implied. One scene shows a
young boy watching a couple from a neighboring window. There is also a discussion of a
rape.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - Several women are murdered and an attempt is made on a
young boy. One woman is strangled. There is a gruesome lingering view of another woman who
is found battered and bloody. We also see several very bloody and graphic surgery scenes.
One man is shot at point blank range. And there are a couple of fight scenes with
punching, shoving over balconies, and smashing inanimate objects over heads.
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PROFANITY 6 - There are numerous F-words as well as scatological terms,
anatomical and sexual references. [profanity glossary]
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