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.
Demi Moore plays a woman who leads two lives --
one as a mother in France and the other as a literary agent in New York -- and is unable
to tell which one is real and which one is a fantasy. Also with Stellan Skarsgård,
William Fichtner, Peter Riegert, Sinéad Cusack and Matthew Beisner. [1:45]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - Several instances of sexual innuendo and several kisses,
often passionate. Twice, a boy quickly kisses a girl on the cheek. A man and woman kiss
passionately, then we see them nude but sheet-covered in bed, presumably post-coitus; he
starts kissing her neck, back and side, then they have intercourse (we mostly just hear
their heavy breathing and see a close-up of the sheets moving as the camera pans down the
bed). Two other sex scenes show a man and woman kissing passionately as well as their
pleasured facial expressions; in one of the scenes the man kisses the woman's bare
stomach (her chest is covered by a shirt) and we see her hand running up his bare back. A
woman wakes up alone in bed, moving as if having intercourse. We see the bare shoulders of
a man and woman sitting in a bathtub together and talking, a women wearing a
semi-transparent tank top, a shirtless man, and a nude but sheet-covered woman in bed (a
clothed man is sitting next to her).
VIOLENCE/GORE 0 - A girl unsuccessfully tries to rouse a sleeping woman;
it's implied that she's dead.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 3 - An anatomical reference, a couple of scatological references,
several mild obscenities and an insult. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Double identity, falling in love, being "analyzed,"
mother-daughter relationships, being a widow, dreams vs. reality.
MESSAGE - Unresolved issues can manifest themselves in real and peculiar
ways.
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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.
While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are
limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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