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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. |
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A Robert Altman film following numerous Los Angeles couples
as they inadvertently drift in and out of each other's lives.
SEX/NUDITY 8 - There are several scenes depicting couples in bed before,
during and after having sex. During one sex scene, the woman uses her foot to play with a
man's crotch. The sex scenes involve huffing and puffing but no nudity. However, there are
numerous scenes of total female frontal nudity: a woman is shown completely naked before
jumping into a pool (while a peeping tom watches); another woman stands in front of the
camera for a couple of minutes, while naked from the waist down; and a totally naked woman
is shown dead, and floating in a river. Also, a man exposes his private parts while
urinating. There are several scenes of a woman having phone sex; she gets extremely
explicit. There are many references to oral sex, and other sexual practices.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - A young boy gets hit by a car: we hear a thump and see him
fall to the ground; he is then shown in the hospital on life support. There are many shots
of a dead woman floating in a river. A woman cuts her hand by breaking a drinking glass;
there's some blood. A man hits a girl on the head repeatedly with a rock, and we see the
bloody result. A woman commits suicide by locking herself in a garage while leaving the
car running.
PROFANITY 7 - Numerous F-words, scatological references, anatomical terms
and sexually explicit language. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Smoking, infidelity, alcoholism, drug use, jealousy,
obsession, dysfunctional families, suicide.
MESSAGE - Most people are just plain dysfunctional.
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Special Keywords: S8 - V5 - P7 - MPAAR |
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A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were 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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