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(1998)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A woman kisses her husband.
  • A woman wears a quite tight top without a bra. You can see her nipples poking through her top.
  • A man calls a woman and asks what she is wearing in a sexual context. He is masturbating whilst he asks her about this.
  • A man discusses hiring a professional hooker for his son because he thinks he's gay (his son is 11)
  • The film is laced with sexual dialogue about sexual fantasies, masturbation, and more. Some of this dialogue is between a father and son. However, actual sex and nudity is kept brief or just implied.
  • A brief sex scene occurs between a man and a woman; her breasts are shown, and his buttocks.
  • Two silhouetted figures are briefly shown preforming sex related acts.
  • A man describes a sexual fantasy.
  • Two clothed people heavily kiss on a couch; the man is shown putting his hand into the woman's shirt and groping her breast.
  • A father and son frankly and openly discuss penis size.

Violence & Gore

  • Two different characters at different points of the movie are given death threats on the phone.
  • Two characters discuss the night doormanwho works in their building - the woman states he was found bludgeoned to death with his penis missing.
  • A character commits suicide offscreen by suffocation; his corpse is briefly shown.
  • A man drugs a little boy in order to rape him. Later in the film, we see the man driving to the house of another boy, apparently to rape him. Neither of the rapes is shown.
  • A woman is raped in her apartment. They are shown in the lead-up and aftermath as clothed. After the rape, she kills him by breaking his neck. The woman tells this scene in flash-back, and a darkly comical edge offsets its potentially disturbing nature.
  • A woman is pelted with vegetables by a crowd of protesters as she enters a building.
  • A woman spits on a woman and drags her to the floor by her hair.
  • A woman is shown with a black eye and bloody lip. It is implied to be from domestic abuse.

Profanity

  • Very explicit and detailed sexual dialogue, some relating to paedophilia and rape.
  • 20 uses of "fuck"
  • 5 uses of "shit"
  • 1 use of "cunt"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Billy mentions that his teacher is a drug addict/junkie.
  • A few characters drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes in some scenes.
  • A man drugs his son's friends in order to rape them.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There is a theme of pedophelia throughout, although no scenes of molestation are shown.
  • Several of the characters in the film have social dysfunctions, which leads them to behavior that most people would find disturbing, for example making obscene phone calls, murder, and suicide. Most of the suspense in the film lies in its complete emotional bleakness.

Spoilers

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

Sex & Nudity

  • A father has a chat with his son about sex specifically about cum. This is quite am uncomfortable and inappropriate conversation.
  • A father admits to his son that he would masturbate to avoid having sex with him.
  • It's implied that a man is a pedophile. He later admits this to his son.

Violence & Gore

  • A character goes through a park and shoots several people at random - some dead bodies seen with blood where they have been shot. When this is over, it is revealed to be a dream. He is discussing this with his therapist.

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