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(1997)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Some kissing scenes.
  • There is a scene in which two young children (maybe 12-14) climb into bed together fully naked, but they don't actually have sex and are caught by an adult.
  • There's a scene of wife swapping at a swinger's key party. Married man and married woman conduct an extramarital affair; they are seen orgasming in her son's bed.
  • A teenage girl gets so drunk, she falls on a teenage boy's crotch.
  • A boy and a girl slowly show each other's genitals. Not clearly seen but the reactions are shown. The boy freaks out afterwards.
  • Two children make out on the floor and are caught by her father.
  • Two sex scenes involve some nudity.
  • A couple make out in a car.
  • The film implies most of its content (unlike the book) rather than actually showing it.
  • Heavy sexual dialogue.

Violence & Gore

  • Hardly any violence.
  • Some family arguments.

Profanity

  • About five f-words. Heavy sexual dialogue and crude terms. Jesus as an exclamation.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • 3 teens get together to smoke cannabis, drink beer, and abuse prescription medication Two of them pass out. A teenage boy and girl share a bottle of vodka in bed. An adult passes out from drinking too much. Many characters smoke. Two teens smoke from a bong at school. A couple adults drinking at the Key Party.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some scenes are quite disturbing.
  • The tone gets quite eerie.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • Two teenagers discuss having sex, the girl then lays on her back on a sofa and the boy climbs on top of her and begins to undo his pants, they are interrupted by her father.

Violence & Gore

  • Someone dies from electrocution, and their lifeless body slides along the ice, face down. It's not overly graphic but it's disturbing

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character is electrocuted by downed wires and dies.

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