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 comedy, an English art auctioneer (Hugh Grant)
determined to show the woman he loves (Jeanne Tripplehorn) that he won't get involved
with her mobster family, ends up getting involved with her mobster family. Also with James
Caan, New York Joe Catalfumo, Margaret Devine, John DiResta, James Fox, Mark Margolis,
Scott Thompson, Joe Viterelli and Burt Young. [1:42]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - Many kisses; a few are passionate. A man rubs his clothed
nipples, then drops his pants and rubs his boxer-clad buttocks suggestively in front of a
woman. A woman sits on a man's lap, he kisses her and she reaches for his clothed
crotch before they're interrupted. A man overhears two men in a bathroom stall
talking as if they were having sexual contact (nothing explicit is said; they're
simply exchanging clothing). We see a woman's bare buttocks in a classical nude
painting; also, we see some scantily clad people and a Jesus figure wearing panties and a
garter belt in a few modern paintings. We see some women in cleavage-revealing tops and a
man in his underwear.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - Several people appear to be shot -- complete with
splattering blood and blood on their clothing. A bullet shot at a ceiling ricochets and
hits someone; we see the body lying on the ground in a puddle of blood and later see the
body, wrapped in a garbage bag, being carried out of the room. We see a corpse with a
small bullet hole in its forehead. A man accidentally kicks a gun into a waiter's
stomach and the waiter (along with many glasses) tumbles to the floor. A man punches
another and hits him repeatedly with a lamp, a man playfully punches a man's stomach
several times (it's obvious it hurts a little), a man squeezes another's hand
(we hear crunching noises), a man throws another out of a building and a man is forced to
run on a treadmill. Several scenes of threatening with guns; in one scene, gunfire is
exchanged but no one is shot. In a couple of paintings we see a Jesus figure tied to a
tree with arrows piercing his torso (some blood is visible) and a Jesus figure holding a
machine gun and hovering over a man with several bloody bullet wounds.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 5 - Two F-words, several anatomical references, a couple of
scatological references, many mild obscenities and a few instances of name-calling. [profanity glossary]
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