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Matchstick Men
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Sex & Nudity

One scene takes place in a strip club with nearly nude dancers though no true nudity is shown.

A girl mentions being groped by security guards. She also teasingly and breifly mentions performing sexual acts with boys.

We see a man's bare buttocks through a hospital gown.

A girls wears a tight-fitting, low-cut dress that reveals cleavage.

A man opens his bathroom door and a girl screams.

Violence & Gore

A man is shot in the stomach and some blood is shown.

Another guy is getting beaten and see his bloody and bruised face as he spits out blood as another man holds a a gun on him. He also points it at another man and a young woman.

A man is hit hard in the head and he falls unconscious.

A man jumps toward a car, hits it with a briefcase, grabs a young woman's hair through the window and chases the car as it drives away.

A man threatens another man with physical violence and a young woman yells at a man. A man talks about having given his ex-wife a black eye. A man is startled when a young woman lunges at him from behind a door.

Profanity

At least 2 F-words and obsence hand gestures (one a double). 18 scatological terms and 3 anatomical terms. Nearly 10 mild obscenities, 3 religious profanities and 14 religious exclamations.

Nicholas Cage smokes a good bit.

There's also scenes of people drinking.

A man has an episode that causes him to twitch and sweat profusely and hyperventilate. We hear that a woman has had a miscarriage.

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, violence, some sexual content and language.
Certification:
Iceland:12 / Malaysia:U / Canada:PG (Ontario) / South Korea:15 / New Zealand:M / Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Brazil:14 / Canada:14A / Chile:14 / Finland:K-11 / Germany:12 (w) / Ireland:12 / Japan:PG-12 / Netherlands:12 / Norway:15 / Philippines:PG-13 / Portugal:M/12 / Singapore:PG / Sweden:7 / Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) / UK:12A (original rating) / UK:12 (video rating) (2004) / USA:PG-13 (certificate #39979)

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