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.
A family gets more than they bargained for when they adopt
a daughter -- and her felonious parents want her back.
SEX/NUDITY 4 - A man briefly fondles a woman's bra-clad breasts. A couple
has sex in an extended scene: they moan, they thrust and they talk sexy; he kisses her
body and we see chests and torsos and glimpses of the sides of her breasts.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A child hits, punches and bites and has to be restrained.
A man kills a couple by swinging a golf club at them (we only see the swing). A man breaks
a woman's neck. A man is shot in the arm (some blood). A man beats up a police officer
resulting in blood on the officer's face, and he then slits his throat, off camera. A
man's eye is put out (we see his bloody face and closed, red eye). A man is stabbed in the
stomach (we see blood), and whacked in the head with a 2X4; blood splatters. A man finds
blood in a child's bed. A woman holds a baby and threatens to squeeze its soft spot. A few
fistfights.
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PROFANITY 5 - About 7 F-words, a few scatological references, and some
milder obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Adoption, losing your child, biological vs. adoptive parents.
MESSAGE - Being a parent doesn't mean just giving birth; some people just
shouldn't be parents.
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