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White Oleander
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Sex & Nudity

Several scenes implie that a 15-year-old girl sleeps with her foster mother's boyfriend.

We see a scene of a teenager in her underwear.

One scene shows a man sleeping in his underwear.

A man and woman can be heard making love.

Violence & Gore

A woman shoots a teenager for sleeping with her boyfriend.

An unidentified girl bloodies a girl's lip. The girl later holds a knife to the girl's throat.

Profanity

One use of fuck as well as some mild cursing (e.g. bitch, hell, damn, taking the Lord's name in vain)

Various characters smoke in some scenes including the ones played by Alison Lohman & Robin Wright Penn.

Lots of backround smoking.

Some characters drink alcohol in a few scenes but mostly while eating.

A woman is an alcoholic but you actually don't see her drink.

Many times in the movie, drugs are mentioned - no graphic use, though.

One character commits suicide by pills & alcohol.

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements concerning dysfunctional relationships, drug content, language, sexuality and violence.

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 / Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Brazil:16 / Canada:PG / Denmark:11 / Finland:K-11 / Germany:12 / Iceland:12 / Netherlands:AL / Norway:11 / Peru:14 / Philippines:PG-13 / Singapore:PG / Sweden:11 / UK:12A (original rating) / UK:12 (video rating) (2004) / USA:PG-13

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