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(2009)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Rorschach talks of pornography. We see Dr. Manhattan's rear nudity, Laurie and Rorschach see his full frontal nudity, but we don't
  • A woman pulls her shirt front down. Nipples are not visible, but an amount of cleavage is shown.
  • A man and woman make out in bed. They are covered by the sheets.
  • Dr. Manhattan's full frontal and rear nudity can be seen in many scenes, as he does not wear clothes.
  • A naked man stands facing away from the camera and we see full rear nudity for a few moments.
  • A sex scene between a man and woman. Scene lasts for some minutes. We see the woman's breasts and bottom. We see the man's bare bottom and most of his body. Later we see their lying in an embrace while naked and talking for several minutes.
  • We see a bank of TV monitors showing all sorts of images (all fairly small), including one woman's bare breasts.
  • In one scene transition the camera abruptly cuts to a close up poster of a woman's bare breasts, then slowly zooms out before cutting.
  • Scenes in the city show posters of nude and semi-nude male and females. Shown throughout the movie.
  • Four sex scenes that are slightly prolonged and include nudity.
  • The extent of exposure was fairly equal regarding gender. The amount of time spent and film used contributed nothing to the plot or character roles, the definition of gratuitous, and markted as such.

Violence & Gore

  • Level of violence:10/10.
  • A man is brutally beaten by getting punched, thrown across the room, having his head smashed on a glass counter, and his arm or hand seemingly stabbed hard. We see his face covered in blood in the aftermath. He is then thrown through the window and falls to his death. We then see his corpse lying on the floor, with blood pooling on the sidewalk.
  • A man gets his arms cut off. Blood is seen as well as gore. We then see the bloody stumps were his arms used to be, with very brief blood spurts squirting out as the man falls dead to the ground.
  • There is a fight in an alley. You see a compound fracture where an elbow pops out as blood sprays, and one other arm and leg snapping/breaking. Another attacker is stabbed in the neck (though with little blood). One of them is used as a human shield and is shot in the back with spurting wounds.
  • A woman is shot in the leg and blood spurts out, and then her fingers are blown off. Another man is then shot between the eyes.
  • A man hacks another man's head with a cleaver. Matter is shown briefly.
  • Dr. Manhattan blows several thugs up and their blood, guts, and bones are seen splattered all over the ceiling, while surrounding woman scream covered in blood and gore from the explosions. He blows up several other people in similar style with blood, guts and bone blasting all over. None is as graphic as the bar scene.
  • Two young men tease a boy about his mother and make crude sexual remarks, the boy becomes enraged, strikes one young man with a hammer, and tackles the other and bites his face (we see the boy's bloody mouth, with skin in his teeth).
  • Dogs are shown fighting over a dead girls leg.
  • A man attempts to rape a woman. He is interrupted and punched a few times, with a little blood seen on his nose.
  • Rorschach corners a man in a bathroom and kills him offscreen. The only thing heard is a toilet flushing. As he walks away, blood pours briefly from under the door.
  • In several scenes peoples' fingers are broken or dislocated. You hear them cracking and you see the people screaming/yelling.
  • A total of three men are seen briefly on fire.
  • A man gets hot oil poured on his face.
  • A man's head is slammed into a sink and he falls to the ground, lying still. Water from the sink flows to a damaged electrical cord the man is near and he is briefly electrocuted.
  • A man shoots at rioters with rubber bullets and launches tear gas at them from a grenade launcher.
  • A man shoots a pregnant woman, killing her (no visible blood but it's still very dramatic.)
  • A man gets shot by a grappling hook, but his bulletproof vests stops it and he is merely thrown back against the wall.
  • In a flashback, a woman is seen briefly smacking her son.
  • A man is shown getting punched in the face. Afterwards, blood and separated teeth are shown accumulating in his mouth.

Profanity

  • 19 uses of "fuck", and several uses of "shit", "son of a bitch", "whore", "dick", "asshole", "ass" (whispered), "bastard", "hell", "god damn", "prick".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There's a scene that implies The Comedian to be drunk.
  • When the Comedian appears onscreen, he is often seen smoking a large cigar or drinking.
  • A few other characters also smoke and drink sometimes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The violence in this film is very intense. The tone of the movie is extremely Noir.

Spoilers

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

Sex & Nudity

  • One scene of attempted assault. A man jumps a woman who fights back punching him in the face. The man then punches her and kicks her in the stomach, then throws her over a pool table and begins unbuckling his pants as he prepares to rape her. However, he is interrupted before he penetrates her, and is punched in the face numerous times by the woman's rescuer. This scene is intense. We later see the woman's face, with a few scrapes.
  • In the scene, where Laurie's mom watching tv, Laurie came to her room and argued about how Laurie's mom sad for Eddie death. Her mom shows Laurie a comic. In comic, we can see some naked people and a woman and man in a bed.

Violence & Gore

  • Rorschach is disintegrated by Dr. Manhattan and there is a gory mess seen on the ground. Nite Owl then reacts by dropping to his knees in despair and screaming "NO!" in pure anguish. This scene is very sad and powerful.
  • New York City is destroyed by a weapon of mass destruction, although we do not see anything particularly graphic. The scene could be upsetting for some viewers.
  • Hollis Mason's house is burglarized and he gets into a fistfight with several gang members. He puts up a good fight but is eventually overwhelmed. He is then beaten to death in the head/face with a trophy offscreen. (Director's Cut)

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • New York City is destroyed by a weapon of mass destruction, although we do not see anything particularly graphic. The scene could be upsetting for some viewers.
  • Rorschach is killed by Dr. Manhattan towards the end of the movie. This may upset some viewers.

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