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(1989)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A stripper shows up to a boy's birthday party.
  • There is discussion of oral sex and an attempt to perform oral sex in a car, causing an accident
  • Husband and wife in their bedroom, lying down, kissing, husband, rubs his wife clothed right breast, briefly.
  • A girl has her boyfriend spend the night and the next day, he is only wearing white Hanes underwear.
  • Two adults make out in bed and the man has no pants on (only underwear-not boxers) and you can clearly see him on screen. The woman is also wearing now pants but is wearing a long shirt so nothing is shown.
  • References to dildos and sex toys. There is a shot of one as well. There is dialogue of "having sex with machinery." Reference to ejaculation using synonyms. Tod and Julie take pictures of them having sex. Helen later finds them. Larry had a son, Cool, that he never knew about. He describes the "one night stand." Sensuality. Reference to abortion. Also there is a brief shot of a porno on tape that Helen investigates. She finds it in Garry's room. A theme of pregnancy.
  • In one of the scenes, Garry is caught with a bunch of pornography tapes. When Helen asks what he needs them for he is too afraid to tell her. He asks to speak to Tod about it. Tod later tells Helen that Garry had gotten his first "boner" or erection and has been "slapping the meat" ever since, meaning that he has been masturbating ever since his first erection. He is ashamed and thinks of himself as a sexual pervert, so Tod tells him "that's just what little dudes do".
  • Justin Buckman (who is three years old) is shown full frontal and backside (butt) nude, for roughly five seconds

Violence & Gore

  • A POV sequence of a child vandalizing an office
  • Gil's daughter vomits on him.
  • Tod's dragster spins out of control and crashes; he's visibly shaken but otherwise OK.
  • In a fantasy sequence, a boy terrorizes a town with a machine gun. Lots of gunfire and screaming, but no blood.
  • A man tossed from a moving car but is unharmed.

Profanity

  • Dianne West, when tempered, says GD, Je*u*, and the like a few times, and sometimes more than once in one scene.
  • 10 uses of shit 2 uses of crappy
  • Several uses of the S-word and A-hole and G-damn. Other mild profanities.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A woman drinks a shot of vodka and an elderly man hands out cigars to a group of men in a hospital; he is briefly seen smoking a cigar moments later.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • An overall family film.
  • Tod drag races and spins out during a race.

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