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.
When Harrison Ford discovers that his wife died in a plane
crash while traveling with her lover, he contacts the man's widowed wife (Kristin
Scott Thomas) to learn more about the affair, and becomes romantically involved with her.
Also with Charles Dutton, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack, Richard Jenkins,
Paul Guilfoyle, Susanna Thompson, Peter Coyote, Dylan Baker, Lynne Thigpen, Kate Mara,
Ariana Thomas and Bill Cobbs. [2:13]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - Some sexual innuendo and kissing. A couple have sex with
kissing; also, a man and woman undress each other (we see his bare chest and her panties
and bare back) and then we see him lying on top of her in bed while kissing (they are
obviously nude but no nudity is visible). A couple kisses passionately and grab at each
other's clothed crotches.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - A man is shot twice; we see a bullet tearing through his
leg (blood is visible on his leg and hand). We see the wreckage of a plane a couple of
times, and body bags being taken out. A fistfight with kicking, punching (many times to
the abdomen) and one person being hit with a chair; also, a woman hits a man's arm
and bites his hand as they grapple in a car, a man hits another in the face, a man throws
another against a car and a bowling ball is thrown into a man's stomach. A car rams the
back of another car. A man threatens another with a gun. An open-eyed corpse with a bloody
face and neck is seen twice; also, we see two corpses underwater and two corpses'
faces on a monitor (one of the faces is bruised). A puddle of blood is shown in a
dumpster.
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PROFANITY 6 - Two F-words, some anatomical references, a few scatological
references and many mild obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Adultery, politics, law enforcement, betrayal.
MESSAGE - The quest for the truth is always important.
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