Amores Perros (2000) Poster

(2000)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence/gore, language and sexuality
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A couple nude photos and paintings of women are seen in the background of a couple shots.
  • One sex scene shows bare breasts, kissing, and breast-groping.
  • A character rapes his wife violently and for a second you can see her pubic region and her vagina.
  • At least two sex scenes with little to nothing shown. In another scene the sounds of sex are clearly heard through a wall, though nothing shown.
  • A man lifts up a woman's skirt while holding her close to him. A man & a woman make out in front of a baby.

Violence & Gore

  • A man headbutts a cashier in the face, giving him a bloody nose.
  • A gun is pointed at a dog's head.
  • A dog gets shot in the stomach in the midst of a dog fight.
  • A man stabs another man in the stomach. The stabbing and gory wound are visible.
  • A hitman holds a pistol to his tied-up, gagged victim's head; the victim is shown sweating in fear.
  • A man gets kidnapped at a grocery store and then beaten to a bloody pulp by a group of men.
  • Stitch marks are briefly visible on a woman's broken leg at a hospital.
  • There is a very intense car chase during which there is a wounded dog in the back seat. The dogs bloody wound can be seen clearly. It is disturbing.
  • A man is shot in the chest.
  • A very violent car crash; the crash is shown multiple times. A woman can be seen pressed against the window of her car as she is screaming and many of her appendages are clearly broken; she is later pulled out of the car. The aftermath is shown with great detail and it is disturbing and graphic. A man is pulled out of his car; he has a broken leg, there is blood everywhere, and he screams in agony. His passenger is dead, with his face covered in blood.
  • In the first third of the film, there are many instances of dogfighting. The fights themselves are intense and very violent, but mostly take place offscreen. The aftermath is very graphic and unpleasant to look at. Many dead, bloody dogs shown. One dog has a "snapped neck," and other dogs are missing large patches of skin. Blood is all over the floor at the dog-fighting ring. A person is beaten with a rod in the shower.

Profanity

  • Excessive Spanish profanities all throughout the film. Uses of Spanish equivalents of "Fuck", "Shit", "Bastard", "Asshole", among others are used. There are also some homosexual slurs ("Faggot")

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A hitman offers rum to his tied-up victim.
  • Many characters frequently smoke and drink. It is also inferred that a few of the younger characters smoke marijuana.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scenes of dogs fighting are intense and may upset animal lovers.
  • The car crash is very intense.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • El Chivo comes home to find all his dogs dead; it's implied that Octavio's dog killed them.
  • A pet dog gets trapped under the floor of an apartment for many days; its whining and scratching can be heard. The dog's owners later find the dog dead from being eaten by rats.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man walks through his home and finds that all his dogs are killed by another dog. Disturbing scene.

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