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Parents Guide for
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The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff.
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 husband and wife are in bed having sex; we see mostly their heads and the male's bare upper body moving, but you can see one of the wife's breasts very briefly

- One completely minor female character is very briefly shown nude from the backside as she runs out of a (dark) room.

- In one scene we can hear the intense sounds of lovemaking from behind a closed door; nothing is shown.

- In another scene, a man rapes his wife, though we see nothing after he forces her onto a bed and can only hear the woman's cries and screams through the closed door until the man is depicted doing up his trousers. No bare bodies in this scene.

- A woman, staying for a sleepover with a married female friend, explains that lovemaking can be pleasurable by telling her to shut her eyes and imagine a man and then gently stroking her torso and possibly lower (off screen). It is not clear whether the gasps of pleasure are a result of the fantasy or the physical contact.

- A man and woman have sex, she is still clothed but lies on top of his naked body. He thrusts into her from underneath.

Violence & Gore

very mild

Profanity

Moderate, but infrequent

Wine is drunk with most meals; in one scene the female character is clearly drunk and ends up totally disgracing herself by stumbling into a candelabra.

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.
Certification:
USA:PG-13 (cut) (certificate #44471) / UK:12A / Ireland:15A / South Korea:15 / Australia:M / Hong Kong:IIA / Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) / Netherlands:12 / Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) / Sweden:7 / Canada:G (Quebec) / Canada:PG (Manitoba) / New Zealand:M / Brazil:14 / Singapore:M18 / Argentina:13 / Czech Republic:U / Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) / Germany:12 (f)

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