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(2019)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including brief violence, some strong language, sexual references, and drug material
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Some references to masturbation and sexual affair.

Violence & Gore

  • A character stabs another character in the chest
  • A character is seen laying on a couch with his neck slit and some blood on the ground below. Brief and not too graphic.
  • A man appears with a black eye.
  • A woman is attacked and drugged. We later see her unconscious and gasping for breath

Profanity

  • 2 uses of "fuck", 34 uses of "shit", 17 uses of "ass", 6 uses of god-damn, 5 uses of b**ch, 2 uses of bastard, 3 uses of pr*ck, 2 uses of f**k.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several characters smoke cigarettes or cigars onscreen, including Walt, Benoit, and Linda. Meg vapes.
  • Fran keeps a stash of marijuana cigarettes, and retrieves them to help Marta calm down. She does not imbibe, but Meg takes enough puffs that Walt smells it on her.
  • Several characters drink alcohol during a party, as well as a dinner scene.
  • Morphine and another drug are shown to be administered by injection, on several occasions. Medical references to amounts and doses are discussed.
  • Several times characters call a drug "the good stuff" and one character makes a reference to only becoming a morphine user once he became old.
  • Two people sit at a table in a restaurant with many beer bottles and drinks in front of them.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character is rendered unconscious by being held forcibly with a chloroform-soaked rag over their mouth. They are then stabbed in the neck with a needle, overdosing them with morphine.
  • A spider crawls across a dimly-lit face
  • There are 5 vomit scenes. Usually it is done into an inanimate object (there is one exception).
  • A mild jump scare where a woman is found pale and unconscious with a spider crawling across her face
  • A man says that America is for Americans and talks badly about Immigrants, this can upset some viewers.
  • There is one scene where a woman is seen in a dark room with a black eye

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