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(1997)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • About 1 hour 15 minutes, a perverse man grabs a woman's right (clothed) butt cheek.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is killed in a hunting accident.
  • Child abuse and domestic violence pervades this film's story. Nolte's character pulls his own aching tooth with a pliers, showing some blood.

Profanity

  • Several uses of "Fuck". And a few uses of "Shit", "Damn", and "Hell"
  • Multiple uses of the words "damn," hell," "gook, and "shit" respectively.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Wade smokes a lot throughout this movie
  • Nolte's character's father is alcoholic and Nolte drinks alcohol as an anethesia to pull his aching tooth.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The dead body of someone who may or may not have been murdered or suicidal.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A father and a son fight each other. The son accidentally kills his dad by hitting on the head with an object. Then sets his body and the farm on fire. The body is seen burning for a few seconds and then see the barn burning for a few seconds. Graphic and disturbing.
  • Wade kills his former best friend by shooting him after suspecting he murdered someone in a supposed "hunting accident"

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scene where Wade kills his father and sets his body on fire is very intense. This scene could be disturbing and upsetting for some viewers.
  • Wade is held at gunpoint and almost killed

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