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.
Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman star in this political
satire about a sex scandal that threatens the President's re-election.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Sexual innuendo and discussions of sexual impropriety. Part
of a woman's bare buttocks are seen. A man and woman are shown in bed apparently after
sex. A young female bombing victim is shown running nude. Discussions of rape.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man is shot off screen. Another man is shot twice off
screen. A woman is apparently attacked by a rapist (off screen).
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PROFANITY 7 - A couple dozen F-words, many scatological and anatomical
references, and many mild obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Political strategy, spin control, cynisism, democracy, the
press.
MESSAGE - Politics and the media make strange and dangerous bed fellows.
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