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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

Sex is implied after a scene of sensual kissing and groping.

A character unzips and puts his hand down his pants during a hypnosis session.

Child porn is referenced.

A boy talks badly about women.

A boy comes up to a girl and states, "I like your boobs."

A boy and girl kiss in detail.

Violence & Gore

A jet-engine crashes into a house with visible destruction.

In one scene, a character is shot, and another run over by a vehicle.

There is the threat of violence with a knife.

There is a bloody eye injury seen.

A girl flips off two boys.

Profanity

27 uses of the word "fuck".

4 uses of the word "shit".

4 uses of the word "dick".

24 uses of the word "Hell".

24 uses of the word "damn".

23 uses of the word "ass".

24 uses of the word "bitch".

1 use of the word "pussy".

A guy does a line of cocaine in a school locker.

Donnie and his friends are seen drinking beer and smoking.

Rose drinks wine with a friend.

Various teens are seen drinking beer at a party.

Rose smokes a cigarette.

A man is seen smoking, hiding in the bushes.

A plane is sucked into a vortex.

Frank the Bunny Rabbit is also a somewhat frightening character.

Two characters are threatened at knife point which is an intense scene to some viewers.

A boy sets a house to fire.

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Rated R for language, some drug use and violence.; Rated R for language, some underage drug and alcohol use, and violence. (director's cut)

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