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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 new 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 sexual joke about a womans bra size.

Violence & Gore

Extremely realistic and intensely violence hardly any blood .

Screaming man's intestines hanging out of his stomach Legless men lying on the ground & being blown into the air Man picks up his severed arm

Profanity

occasional uses of words like "fuck" etc. Most of the generally known profanities are used, but they are used in the context of the intense and violent scenes. The profanities are not used just to fill dialog; they are often used in anger. While language is not the main reason this movie is rated R, it is an issue to consider.

Some characters are seen smoking cigarettes, which is historically very accurate given the free cigarettes provided as a public service by the tobacco companies of the era.

The battle sequences are extremely realistic & intense. The opening & closing battle scenes in particular are prolonged and some viewers may find them difficult to watch because of their realistic nature.

also adding to what "fatwit" had stated, this film will probably be extremely upsetting and disturbing to anyone who fought in that WWII, especially those who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day

Page last updated by martinbrtj, 2 weeks ago
Top 5 Contributors: Chrosse, fatwit, tombeaman, XfreshfromitalyX, Strider01
MPAA:
Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language.
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #35942) / Taiwan:GP / Malaysia:18SG (DVD release) / Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) / Philippines:PG-13 / Brazil:14 / USA:TV-MA (TV rating) / Argentina:16 / Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) / Australia:R (original rating) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) / Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) / Canada:18A (British Columbia) / Canada:PA (Manitoba) / Chile:14 / Denmark:15 / Finland:K-14 (re-rating) / Finland:K-16 (original rating) / France:U / Germany:16 (bw) / Hong Kong:IIB / Iceland:16 / Ireland:15 / Israel:PG / Italy:VM14 / Mexico:B / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R15 / Norway:18 / Portugal:M/12 / Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating on appeal) / Singapore:R(A) (original rating) / South Korea:15 / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / UK:15 / Singapore:M18 (DVD rating)

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