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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

A woman is shown taking a shower. Nothing is shown.

Violence & Gore

A horse runs off a boat and gets pulled under the motor. Blood is shown.

A girl is suffocated with a bag and thrown into a well.

And man falls into a shelf and cuts his hand on glass. Blood is shown.

A man commits suicide by electrifying himself in a bathtub. Blood is shown.

Profanity

shit: used throughout

goddammit: 2

bitch: 3

A woman says that she used to get high with her friend when they were younger.

The two man characters smoke.

A few teens smoke.

This movie has highly disturbing images throughout.

A video tape is played that shows many different disturbing scenes in it.

The scene where the man kills himself is very intense.

A little girl crawls out of a television. This scene could be frightening to younger viewers.



Recommended viewing age: 13

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references.

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:14 (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island) / Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) / Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:PA (Manitoba) / Portugal:M/16 / Malaysia:U / Iceland:16 / South Korea:15 / Brazil:14 / India:A (cinema release) / Argentina:16 / Australia:MA / Chile:14 / Finland:K-15 / France:-12 / Germany:16 (bw) / Ireland:15PG (original rating) / Ireland:15 (video rating) / Israel:16 / Japan:PG-12 / Mexico:B / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R16 / Norway:15 / Peru:14 / Philippines:PG-13 / Singapore:PG / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Bern) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) / Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) / UK:15 / USA:PG-13 (certificate #39347) / Greece:K-17

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