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.
Set in 1960s Texas, two retired
adventurers (Michael Caine and Robert Duvall) take up residence on a
small farm and plan to live out their last days alone and in peace.
But when their great-nephew (Haley Joel Osment) is dropped off one
day and ends up moving in, the two eccentric old men and the timid
teenager struggle to form a new family. Also with Kyra Sedgwick and
Nicky Katt. Directed by Tim McCanlies. [1:51]
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A man and a woman kiss. A man pats a
woman on the buttocks. Women in a dance hall dance on stage and
swoosh their skirts
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A man fights several men with
swords, a man fights many men with swords slashing them and we see
them falling to the ground as they are hit, and two men fight off
many men (we hear squishing sounds when swords are thrust into
people). A battle scene shows men running, guns being fired, and
structures in flames. Several people (soliciting salespeople) are
shot at by two men with guns. A man and a woman are attacked by
armed men in a market and they fight with swords. A man grabs a boy,
drags him to a barn, punches him in the stomach, the boy kicks him
in the crotch, the man chases the boy, tackles him and slaps him
twice in the face. A man grabs a younger man by the throat, his
friends pull knives on the man and another man pulls a gun on them;
the man fights one young man with a knife, the young man lunges at
the man, his arm is twisted and we hear cracking, the other young
men fight the man with punches and he throws one over a bar, one
onto a table and one onto a car outside. A man is attacked by a
lion: we see the man kicking his legs, hear the lion growling, then
the lion falls still (apparently the lion died of heart failure) and
a boy holds her and grieves; we see the man in bandages later. A man
stands over a sleeping man holding two swords to his throat, they
fight with swords, and one man cowers at sword point. A boy jumps
out of a moving car and rolls, the driver slams on the brakes, and a
man in bandages in the car is forced into the windshield. Two men
hold guns on a man. We hear that two people died, and we hear that a
woman died in childbirth. We hear that a man killed many men, and we
hear that assassins were hired to kill a man. We hear that a woman
threatened to cut her own throat to avoid an arranged marriage and
we see her holding a knife over her head. People talk about a bank
robbery and that people were shot. A man is taken in chains to the
"dungeon of tortures" and we hear screaming in the distance as he
walks through the passageways. A man shoots a fish that flips out of
the water and into a net. A man has blood and slashes on his shirt
and we see blood on a sword. A lion chases a boy and jumps on him
holding him down on the ground, and a group of people with guns
threaten to shoot the lion (she was only playing with the boy). Two
men fly a plane recklessly, they spin, fly low to the ground, fly
under an overpass and we later see the tail of a plane sticking out
of the side of a barn. A boy opens a crate and there's a lion inside
(she is quite lethargic). A boy's leg is bitten by a dog and other
dogs bark and snarl at him. A boy kicks a man in the leg after he
grabs him. A woman spanks two boys. Two horses fall and throw their
riders into the sea. A man sleepwalks and we see him sword fighting
with someone (in his dream) using a toilet plunger. Two men shoot at
fish in a pond (we see this a couple of times). A car passes signs
along a road with warnings of danger. A boy chews some tobacco and
spits it out with disgust.
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PROFANITY 4 - 2 scatological terms, 4 anatomical
terms, 26 mild obscenities, 2 religious exclamations, and name
calling. [profanity glossary]
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