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Sex & Nudity
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- A woman mentions on the telephone while in prison that she's "so lonely for (her husband)", which she whispers into the receiver so nobody can hear her.
- A number of sexual innuendos made, including a prison guard accusing a woman of not wanting meat from the cafeteria menu because it's not "tender enough" (a reference to child molestation).
- A woman is raped in prison; this happens off-screen, but we see a woman accusing her of "liking the mouths of little boys" before getting the other inmates to help hold her down to a mattress as they rape her.
- A policeman smiles smugly as he forces a woman and two boys to get dressed in front of him; all three are visibly terrified by him.
- A young boy is given a rectal exam and is examined for sexual abuse without consenting; he is upset by this; the exam is later brought up in court multiple times.
- A brief image is shown of a prison inmate with multiple porno photos on his cell wall of women in bikinis and panties.
- A woman and her husband kiss; sex is initiated, but before they can, their neighbours arrive to play a game of cards with them.
- A woman and her husband kiss in front of a bailiff.
- It is implied that a woman has had to undergo a body cavity search, and later that an elderly grandmother had to go through the same thing.
Violence & Gore
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- The alleged child molestation is disturbing and violent; there are rumours that children were hung from hooks and used in satanic sex magic, among other things.
- A boy beats and punches a younger boy after the younger boy teases him.
- A boy beats on his little brother, who is then sent away to live with his grandparents.
- A deceased old lady is seen in a slumped position at the table; her grandson, distraught, finds the corpse. It is later mentioned that his ailing grandfather has died, as well.
- A woman is raped by other female inmates in a prison cell (see also "Sex & Nudity").
- Police break into a house and knock things around, smashing and destroying them.
- A woman grabs another woman's wrist in a threatening manner.
- A woman is punched in the nose; the prison warden attending does little to help her.
- A woman is dragged by the police; she later faints in court after a guilty verdict and has to be dragged across the floor.
- A man mentions being in protective custody because "people like him (child molesters) don't last too long in prison" (notably the man in question is wrongfully convicted).
Profanity
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- Uses of "crap", "damn", "god/oh my god/goddamn", "Satan/satanic", "crazy" and similar mild expletives.
- Sexual dialogue, including multiple innuendos (see also "Sex & Nudity"); uses of "anus", "bottom", "penis", "pornography", "oral copulation", "bum" and "sex/sexual"; no explicit slang terms.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Drinks are served at a funeral; a private detective drinks what appears to be whisky or beer.
- A wine bottle is seen briefly in a background shot.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- This film deals with the subject matter of two married couples wrongfully accused of molesting children, serving lengthy prison sentences of almost twenty years. It is often quite intense and upsetting.
- A young boy is given a physical exam to check for signs of sexual abuse. The boy is visibly disturbed by this and never gives the doctor or police permission to touch him.
- Real-life convict Charles Manson (of the Manson Family Murders) is briefly mentioned.
- The accused individuals are treated with no dignity or compassion; they have their homes busted into, sentimental belongings destroyed, they are strip-searched and dragged out of their homes in front of news reporters, and a woman and her two boys are made to undress in front of a perverted policeman, who watches as he smiles.
- A boy's grandparents die, and he's home alone when this happens, as his older brother has joined the Marines. The two brothers later share a tearful reunion, with the older brother saying that he can't live with himself if the allegations he made against his parents aren't true.
- A lawyer who mishandled numerous child sex abuse cases is told that he's probably going to lose his job. Written text at the end of the film reveals that his real-life counterpart worked as a cashier for minimum wage after losing his District Attorney job, but that he went back to work as a lawyer in juvenile court.
- A grandparent is said to have gotten custody of her granddaughters after they falsely accused their own parents of child molestation. It is suggested that this grandparent s mentally unstable and coached the girls.
- One scene of prison rape; two scenes of on-screen violence and/or threats in the prison.
- The way that the court treats the two boys during the investigation is extremely cruel; they coach the boys into confession through hours of interviews and psychological badgering, pit them against their family, and for them to undergo physical exams without consent. A very upsetting and disturbing cassette tape reveals one of the boys crying for his mother.
- Multiple reunion scenes that are quite upsetting, particularly one where the family gets a brief 15 minutes together to say goodbye, as they're told not to cry or else the visit will be cut short. The woman arranging the visit is bothered by the apparent signs that the boys have not in fact been abused.
- A boy cruelly tells another boy that his parents didn't want him.
