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(2011)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for some graphic nudity,sexual content and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man puts his hand up a woman's dress & kisses her breasts.
  • A one minute scene of full frontal female nudity featuring two extended closeups of her bare breasts explicitly displayed including sexual self fondling while another secretly watches.
  • A sex scene shows a woman pushing a man down to the sand, mounting him & then graphically thrusting vigorously.
  • A lengthy two minute bathing scene displays full female breasts, body & buttocks nudity.
  • A woman & a young boy remove the pants off of a female exposing her in skimpy panties.

Violence & Gore

  • A man angrily throws a plate, picks it up, and breaks it.
  • When her horse she's riding doesn't obey, woman spurs him and whips him in a rough manner. The horse finally quits by laying down.

Profanity

  • Several religious profanities.
  • 'Godd*mn' is said.
  • 'B*tch' is said twice.
  • 'H*ll' is said at least twice.
  • 'D*mn' is said.
  • 'Sh*t' is said once.
  • 'Cr*p' is said once.
  • 'F*ck' is said five times, including once that is nearly inaudible.
  • 5 F-words (one is nearly inaudible), 2 scatological terms (1 mild), 6 mild obscenities.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Wedding guests drink champagne at a fancy reception.
  • A bride and groom at a wedding reception drink hard liquor straight from the bottle.
  • There is a large use of alcohol in the film during the wedding.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film opens with some mild but unsettling images with strange music, which may be intense for some viewers.
  • A planet is on a crash-course for Earth, and the story is centered around this fact. It's clearly a metaphor for depression, which can be intense for some.
  • A woman is so depressed that she can't eat or take a bath.

Spoilers

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

Violence & Gore

  • Three people sit inside a teepee made of sticks. In the background, an extremely large planet slowly approaches Earth. Winds pick up as the planet comes closer much more quickly. Fire consumes the silhouettes of the people in the teepee as the planets collide.
  • John commits suicide in the stable when he realizes that the world will end soon.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Ending is very Intense since the earth comes to end.

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