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.
A promising young attorney (Tom Hanks) is fired by his law
firm when they discover he has AIDS. Denzel Washington plays the attorney who represents
him in his discrimination lawsuit against the firm.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A locker room scene where men's naked backsides are shown
briefly. A gay man tries to pick up Washington in a drugstore, although nothing explicit
is said or done. There are a few disparaging references to homosexuals, and sex acts are
obliquely referred to. Hanks and his male lover kiss once and they dance together closely.
VIOLENCE/GORE 1 - Washington grabs a man by his shirt and threatens him.
AIDS induced lesions are shown a few times, and Hanks' slow decline is rather graphic.
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PROFANITY 1 - A few mild profanities and a few sexual innuendoes. [profanity glossary]
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