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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for pervasive language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Stephen and Molly have sex. Moaning involved as well as passionate kissing. No nudity.
  • Stephen and Molly are shown in the same bed (not having sex, just sharing a bed). No nudity or sex is shown
  • Rape is verbally referenced.

Violence & Gore

Profanity

  • 67 uses of "fuck". Mostly used by Phillip Seymour Hoffman's character and Paul Giamatti's character.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Paul Zara is seen smoking in several scenes
  • Characters spend time at bars. There is drinking, but no one appears drunk.
  • A reference to a couple of characters (one underage) being drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The second half of the film is dark, intense, and unsettling.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • Molly admits to having had sex with Morris, and later aborting his child.
  • A girl has an abortion. She is seen checking into and leaving the clinic. Nothing graphic is shown or discussed.

Violence & Gore

  • A young woman is found dead of an apparent suicide/overdose.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Many people may find Molly's death upsetting and depressing
  • Some people may be upset by the fact that abortion becomes a somewhat main theme in the latter half of the movie

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