About a Boy (2002) Poster

(2002)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some thematic elements
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A woman climbs onto a man's lap and they kiss passionately. A man and woman kiss a few times and a man hugs a woman.
  • A woman wears an outfit that exposes her bare back, and a woman wears a shirt that exposes her cleavage.
  • A group of women discuss their ex-husbands' infidelities in a support group meeting.
  • A girl puts her arm around a boy.
  • A man talks to a 12-year-old boy about sex.
  • A man says to a woman: "my place or yours". A woman says "I slept with his father and 9 months later".
  • In a vile scene, a woman is wearing a shirt promoting male genital mutilation.
  • A man spends much of his time pursuing unencumbered sexual relationships, developing schemes and fictional lives that ingratiate him with different women.

Violence & Gore

  • A duck is hit by a large loaf of bread and we see the duck belly-up in a pond.
  • A boy yells at another boy and threatens him.
  • A couple of fight scenes from "Xena: Warrior Princess" is shown on a TV and two women fight some men with kicking and punching (not much is really discernable).
  • A boy is hit in the head with a ball and a man is hit in the head with a ball.
  • Schoolmates tease and abuse a boy in several scenes: they call him names, insult him, laugh at him, chase him, throw things at him and steal his shoes.
  • In a vile scene, a woman is wearing a shirt promoting male genital mutilation.

Profanity

  • 17 scatological terms.
  • 7 anatomical terms.
  • 23 religious exclamations.
  • Most used by Hugh Grant (including all F-words).
  • 2 F-words, 8 sexual references (many of which are British and may be unfamiliar to U.S. audiences), 17 scatological terms, 7 anatomical terms, 30 mild obscenities (many of which are also British), 23 religious exclamations, name-calling.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • People are shown drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, and a man talks about getting "drunk and stoned."

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • There is a lot of tension caused by a young boy feeling the need to keep his mother from trying to commit suicide.
  • A woman lies unconscious on a sofa with a puddle of vomit on the floor next to her (she had tried to commit suicide and her young son discovered her).

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A child comes home to discover his mother has attempted suicide. She is seen lying on the couch vomiting

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