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.
Based on Homer Hickam's memoir "Rocket
Boys," it is the story of a teenager from a small coal-mining town who studied
science and built rockets in the hopes of getting a college scholarship. Starring Laura
Dern, Chris Cooper, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Roy Lee, Chad
Lindberg, Natalie Canerday and Scott Thomas.
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A boy shows his friend how to feel a date's breast
during a movie. We see a boy and girl sitting in the back seat of a parked car, talking
nervously.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A boy fires a gun at an old, empty car. One gunshot is
fired from a car into a house but no one is injured. We see a NASA rocket explode on
television -- many other small rockets also explode. A small homemade rocket blows up a
fence; another nearly hits a group of men and another nearly hits a man and his car. A boy
gets knocked down several times while playing football. A man slaps and hits a boy; the
boy's mouth gets bruised. A scuffle. A jump scene in which a flame shoots from sink
drains in a chemistry lab. A man cuts his eye in a mining accident; another dies in the
mine (we see a sheet-covered body carried out of the mine on a stretcher). A group of boys
light a bottle of alcohol and throw it into a shack; we see the shack engulfed in flames.
We see a man with a bandage on his head (his skull was apparently fractured in a
coal-mining accident).
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PROFANITY 3 - A couple anatomical and scatological references, lots of mild
profanities and many insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Making difficult decisions, being true to yourself, family
relationships, physics, using explosives, tolerance, taking risks.
MESSAGE - Follow your conscience and your dreams -- even if that means
bucking tradition, fighting authority, and withstanding disapproval from those closest to
you.
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started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were
not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many
older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please
keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period.
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limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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