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A married couple (Hope Davis and
Campbell Scott) share not only their lives and three children, with
each other but also their dental practice. However, neither is happy
with the way their life together turned out. They have become
distant and suspicions of infidelity lead to imaginary encounters
with a patient (Denis Leary) who offers marital advice. Based on
"The Age of Grief" by Jane Smiley. Also with Robin Tunney, Denis
Leary, Hope Davis and Adele D'Man. Directed by Alan Rudolph. [1:44]
SEX/NUDITY 7 - A man and woman have sex against a wall
(we see his bare legs, thrusting and hear them moaning). A man
kisses a woman, unbuttons her blouse and caresses her breasts (not
visible), reaches between her legs and they lean back on a recliner
kissing. A man imagines a woman (his wife) having sex with two men
and another woman: we see a man and a woman kissing, and the women
kissing and caressing each other. A man imagines two men having sex
with a woman (his wife): she climbs on the lap of one, the other man
kisses her from behind, they all kiss and grope each other. A man
and a woman kiss a few times, and a man kisses a woman's foot
tenderly. A woman caresses a man's leg. A woman wears a low-cut
dress revealing cleavage and bare back and shoulders and sings to a
man seductively. A man kisses a woman on the cheek and they embrace.
A man and a woman sleep in bed together. A woman wears a tank top
that reveals cleavage, and a woman wears a short top that shows her
bare abdomen. A man is bare-chested in bed. We see a woman's bare,
pregnant abdomen and a man kisses it. We see a man sitting on the
toilet with his pants around his ankles.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A man imagines violently pulling
teeth out of a patient's mouth and his hands, the bib and the
patient are covered with blood. A man and a woman argue and the man
says, "I could kill you." A man is injected with a hypodermic in the
mouth, we hear drilling and we see the man squeezing the chair arms.
We see a tooth being pulled and it's bloody. We hear squishy sounds
when a dentist examines a mouth. A man remembers riding a bike down
a steep road with a woman on the handlebars. A man imagines
literally kicking a woman out of a house and then imagines kicking a
woman repeatedly while she cowers on the floor. A little girl
appears to be hallucinating from a fever and is whisked to the
hospital. A man shoots a gun and catches a dead squirrel in a net. A
woman wakes moaning in pain from a cramp in her foot. A man talks
about bodies being destroyed (burning, decaying, etc.) but teeth
remaining intact. We see X-rays of teeth. A baby slaps people in the
face several times. A baby yells and dumps her plate of food on the
table, a man takes her from the table yelling at her and leaves her
in her bedroom (she continues to yell). A man yells loudly in
frustration (he's by himself). On TV a person is shot (we don't see
much) and we see a part of another show where someone is attacked by
presumably an alien entity and the man gasps and gags. People find
spoiling food in their refrigerator (its moldy and hairy). A man
urinates and we see the stream, a man vomits, a little girl vomits
(we hear splat and see goo on the floor), a little girl steps in
goo, we hear a woman vomiting. A man burps.
PROFANITY 5 - 10 F-words, 1 sexual reference, 3
scatological terms, 1 anatomical term, 7 mild obscenities, 4
religious profanities, 8 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Jealousy, suspicion,
hallucinations, trust, marriage, infidelity, desire, regret,
anxiety, separation, divorce, confrontation, child custody,
pessimism.
MESSAGE - Communication is the key to stable
relationships.
(Note: People are shown smoking cigarettes and drinking
alcohol.)
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