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Parents Guide for
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The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff.
Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

Note: The number at the beginning of each section refers to how much explicit content of that kind there is in the film on a scale of 1-10. The fraction at the end of the last section is the total sum of the sections over the highest sum possible (50) and is therefore an approximation of about how explicit the film is a whole.

Sex & Nudity: 4

No nudity (just the part where Sidney shows her breasts to Billy, although it's shown from behind, showing no nudity).

In the first "sex scene", Sidney and Billy make love, clothed.

In the second sex scene, Sidney and Billy have sex, removing their clothes this time. It's not shown, but implied.

Violence & Gore

Violence & Gore: 10

There is quite alot of gore we Steve's entrails falling out. Caseys death has alot of blood. Prinipal Himbry is shown being stabbed. Tatum gets her arm slashed and head crushed. Billy and Stu stab each other. Billy gets shot in the head.

Profanity

Profanity: 7

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: 3

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 7

An idea of how accurate the TECE (below) is: 5-10 is a little-kid suitable, G-Rated type of film (i.e. Care Bears, Sleeping Beauty); 10-15 is going to be a little harsher, but not by much (i.e. The Incredibles); 15-20 could be pretty high up there (i.e. Indiana Jones), 20-25 is going to pretty darn adult (i.e. The Dark Knight); 25-30 is going to be a film most likely not suitable for anyone under 17 (i.e. The Dark Knight); 30-40 is going to be an absolutely, positively adults-only film (i.e. THIS) and if a movie has ever gone past 40, then I haven't heard of it.

Total Explicit Content Estimation: 31/50.

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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic horror violence and gore, and for language.
Certification:
South Korea:18 (re-rating) / South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) / Iceland:16 / New Zealand:R16 / Singapore:M18 (re-rating) / Singapore:PG (cut) / Philippines:R-18 / Sweden:18 (director's cut) / Austria:16 / USA:NC-17 (original rating) / Argentina:16 (director's cut) / Australia:MA / Canada:16+ (Quebec) / Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) / Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) / Chile:18 / Finland:K-16 / France:-16 / Germany:16 (cut) / Germany:18 / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:18 / Israel:16 / Italy:VM14 / Japan:PG-12 (director's cut) / Mexico:B / Netherlands:16 / Norway:15 (original rating) / Norway:18 (director's cut) / Portugal:M/16 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:R / Greece:K-17 / Brazil:14

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