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(1997)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language, and for some violence and sexuality
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • In one scene, Nicholas enters a hotel moaning can be heard and closeup shots of faces are shown on the TV. Nothing graphic is shown.
  • A woman is seen wearing her bra before entering the bathroom for a shower.
  • When Nicholas enters a hotel room, he finds dozens of Polaroid pictures of men and women in various states of undress scattered throughout the room.
  • For a second, the word "ORGASM" is displayed in big letters in the middle of a projector screen.
  • A questionnaire item is questioned: ""I feel guilty when I masturbate."
  • a girl says I'm not wearing any underwear
  • Polaroid pictures of male nudity ( buttocks) are shown.
  • Some sexual references.
  • One scene shows a very brief sexual cartoon still.

Violence & Gore

  • Some scenes of people being shot and shot at with some blood.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There is drinking at various points in the film, but it is rarely highlighted and never glamourised.
  • When Nicholas enters a hotel room, he finds cocaine spread out on a mirror, both in a pile and cut into lines. In the same scene, a tray full of used cigarettes and a glass pipe on the table are briefly shown. Nicholas tries to get rid of the cocaine and ends up spilling it everywhere.
  • There are some scenes where at least one character is smoking.
  • A character is given a spiked drink that almost kills them.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Men shoot at a man and woman as they flee a house.
  • There's a brief car chase.
  • The protagonist finds his home has been vandalized.
  • The movie is about a man questioning reality, so it can be rather intense/unsettling.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The main character attempts sucide but ends up falling on a giant mattress

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The lead character is trapped inside a moving car which rolls off the road and into the water. This is a very intense scene.
  • The film features a scene in which the protagonist gets paranoid because of a TV directly speaking to him. This scene can be experienced as paranoid, creepy and disturbing.

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