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.
In this black comedy, five friends' lives spiral out of
control when they try to cover up a prostitute's accidental death during a bachelor party.
With Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Jeanne
Tripplehorn, Leland Orser, Russell B. McKenzie, Joey Zimmerman, Tyler Cole Malinger and
Kobe Tai. [1:41]
SEX/NUDITY 7 - Some sexual innuendo. A couple of kisses -- two men kiss
briefly. A nude man and woman have intercourse standing up, moving from wall to wall with
lots of thrusting, moaning and sex talk; her breasts and both of their bare backsides are
visible. A topless woman dances suggestively on men's laps, putting her breasts and
clothed crotch in their faces. A woman's bare backside is seen several times as she's
lying on the floor (see Violence/Gore below).
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - Several people are killed or injured with common household
items: While having intercourse, a man accidentally pushes a nude woman's head into a
towel hook; in several scenes we see the hook sticking out of her head and blood
surrounding her as she lies face-down on the floor. A man is stabbed in the chest with a
corkscrew and we hear him screaming and flailing around; we see his bloody corpse a few
times. A man is hit in the face with a coat rack; we see his very bloody face, hands and
clothes a few times. A man runs his car into another, smashing a man between them. Corpses
are dismembered with a saw (we see some bloody flesh hanging from the blade afterwards)
and we see bloody body parts wrapped in plastic. We see a very bloody room several times
and in a few scenes we see some blood on people's faces, hands and clothes. Two cars
collide head-on; a passenger flies through his car's and then the other car's windshield.
A woman hits her head on a dashboard; in a later scene, she has black eyes and a bandaged
nose. A man and woman crash through a glass door and a man jumps through a glass table and
gets a few bloody cuts on his cheek and arms. A man and woman kick and punch each other;
they also try to smother each other with pillows. A few men are tackled, two men scuffle,
a man is choked, a man rolls down some stairs and a woman bites a man's crotch. In a rage,
a man beats and destroys a sign with a hammer. We see a man in a hospital bed with a very
bloody face and tubes running all over his body.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 10 - Nearly 120 F-words, lots of anatomical and scatological
references and lots of mild obscenities and insults (some are spoken by kids). [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, bachelor parties, weddings, deception, drug use.
MESSAGE - People who do bad things get punished accordingly.
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.
Become a member: You can subscribe
for as little as $1 per month and gain access to our premium site,
which contains no ads whatsoever. Think about it: You'll be
helping support our site and guarantee that we will continue to
publish, and you will be able to browse without any commercial
interruptions.
2.
Tell all your friends:
Please recommend kids-in-mind.com to
your friends and acquaintances; you'll be helping them by
letting them know how useful our site is, while helping us by
increasing our readership. Since we do not advertise, the best
and most reliable way to spread the word is by word-of-mouth.
3.
Alert local & national media:
Let major media know why you trust our ratings.
Call or e-mail a local newspaper, radio station or TV channel
and encourage them to do a story about our site. Since we do not have a PR firm working for us, you can
be our media ambassadors.
"This is an excellent resource for
families. Merits two thumbs up...[Finally] movie ratings that actually
work"