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.
Patrick Swayze is a drifter taken in by Mary Elizabeth
Mastrantonio and her sons in this look at post-Korean War suburban life.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some passionate kissing. One kiss appears to be a prelude to
sex (a man and woman are sitting on a bed and in the next scene she's smiling knowingly).
A man's bare chest and bare buttocks are exposed.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A man is hit and another man is almost hit by a car. Kids
taunting and teasing; some fighting among kids; one child imagines a monster.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 2 - A couple scatological references and a handful of mild
obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Cancer, war, vagrancy, societal disapproval.
MESSAGE - You will be rewarded for your good deeds. Magic exists.
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limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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