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Why 'R'?

posted 19 years ago by LilyMae
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Why is this movie rated R?

The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. - Seneca

[–] Nikon11 19 years ago

Sex, nudity, violence, gore - all the regular reasons.

[–] auntjennyp 18 years ago

Ooh, and don't forget the intimation of incest...

[–] Nikon11 18 years ago

Yeah, that's a big factor. I can't believe I left that out.

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] cby7 18 years ago

Annette Bening is naked in a couple of scenes, there is some strong language (not too much though, maybe 10 f-words). There is some violence and adult themes.

[–] Rackon 18 years ago

...and let's not leave out torture while we're at it.

Sex, nudity and incest are the biggies. I doubt the crime bothered the MPAA overmuch.

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[–] jnathan 17 years ago

Three words: full frontal nudity!

or: Annette Bening's bush.

[–] edorapietrafesa 16 years ago

what a question! that's pitiful to think this would actually get pg-13 or something. maybe i'm a prude. let's see..ummmm...

full frontal nudity several times, lots of bad words, violence (beatings, burns, shotguns..etc..), and incest! wow. wouldn't want a 13 year old seeing all that.

[–] johnnycourageous 15 years ago

It got an M rating here down under, which is like your PG-13. The R seems a bit harsh.

[–] Gus-69 15 years ago

You could have looked in the main page for this movie...

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