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.
Hugh Grant discovers the joys of fatherhood when girlfriend
Julianne Moore accidentally becomes pregnant.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some kisses. A woman does a little striptease for a man. He's
in his boxers and when she gets down to her slip she gets in bed and they kiss. A couple
of other pre- and post- sex scenes. Some frank, graphic talk about sex and pregnancy and
some sexual innuendo.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A woman cuts her hand on a glass and we see her bloody
finger. Some slapstick stuff played for laughs. A careening car ride results in
pedestrians being hit, or nearly hit. A car is driven off the road and nearly goes under a
stationary bulldozer (no one hurt but the car is beaten up badly). Some yelling and
insults. Two men beat up a Barney-like dinosaur in a kiddie store after he insults them.
Another fist fight. Two people faint. The "violence" of giving birth (pain and
yelling) is depicted.
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PROFANITY 5 - Two F-words and one derivation, 21 scatological terms, some
milder obscenities, some sexual innuendo, graphic talk about sex/pregnancy. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Pregnancy and birth, parenthood, fear of commitment,
contraception.
MESSAGE - Even an unplanned pregnancy can be a blessed event; anyone can be
a parent, but it takes someone special to be a Dad.
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