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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language and some sexual content
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Simulated dry humping between man and woman in costumes is seen very briefly (nothing explicit is seen)
  • A man is standing, back facing the camera, with his boxers and pants down masturbating infront of a laptop (butt shown). He quickly pulls his boxers up as he is interrupted and hides his groin with the laptop.
  • implied sexual masturbation to a video playback on a laptop (nothing explicit is seen; if you blink you'll miss it)
  • There is occasional suggestive talk

Violence & Gore

  • ]A woman argues loudly with her male cubicle mate about his sexual harassment of her weeks later in a store her husband tells the man to stay away from her, the second man punches the husband in the face, giving him a black eye and loudly breaking a glass jar of money the husband was carrying and scattering the money across the floor.
  • A man attempts to homeschool his elementary school children and they argue loudly; we see the children asleep in straight back chairs after having been duct taped to them and their uncle pops a switchblade and says that he will cut them loose (we do not see the action).
  • An elderly man becomes weak and asks his family to gather around him for the end and they all become tearful as he says that if there is a next time, he'll do better as a father and dies quietly and we see his closed-casket funeral.
  • A man attempts to explain death to his young children; he and his wife discuss the fact that they don't know how to explain death, because they don't know what they believe themselves.

Profanity

  • About 32 F-words and its derivatives ,11 scatological terms (i.e. shit) 8 anatomical terms (i.e. ass) 6 mild obscenities (i.e. Hell) 8 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Oh God, Bless God, For God's Sakes, Jesus).

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man smokes pot after dropping his kids of at a Jewish school. A Rabbi catches his in the act and later gives him a plant and says "Just don't smoke it."
  • One of the young children talks about buying drugs in public school.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film has some very emotional and upsetting moments.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scene where Adian's father dies is very emotional.

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