The Weight of Water (2000) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity, and brief language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man and woman are in bed, their bodies covered by a blanket, and the man is seen thrusting on top of the woman.
  • A woman and her brother were found to have had an incestuous relationship. They are seen in bed together after implied sex.
  • A man undresses for a bath and his buttock is seen.
  • A man is implied to have raped a woman, but it is not shown.
  • Two couples are on a sailboat. The other man's girlfriend sunbathes in a bikini. She is topless, laying on her stomach. As a married man watches, she rubs ice down her breast. Later when she stands, there are views of her breasts.
  • Husband approaches wife in a library. He kisses her. She removes her top. He lifts her skirt and presses her hand towards his crotch but she becomes upset and stops him.
  • A man speaks of "getting into a woman's pants."
  • A man makes repeated sexual advances towards various women.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is accused of murdering women and is put on trial.
  • A woman is hit with a chair several times until it breaks apart.
  • Some blood is seen on a man's face, but he dismisses it.
  • A woman is shown several times with blood splatters on her face and her white gown.
  • A story is told about a teenage girl who died in a car crash.
  • A woman is murdered with a axe. Injuries to her face are shown. Blood is shown.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A few people drink alcohol from glasses while on a boat, in several separate scenes.
  • A woman asks for the wine they will drink for dinner. A group of people later drink it. In another scene a man says they will need more wine.
  • A man smokes a pipe.
  • One of the female leads smokes cigarettes in several scenes.
  • One of the male leads smokes cigarettes in almost every one of his scenes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The images of the two dead women and the quick cuts of the murders are frightening.
  • The storm near the end is frightening.
  • The final full scene of the murder is frightening.

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Violence & Gore

  • A woman falls overboard from a boat, and is tossed about in the waves before she is saved.
  • A man jumps off a ship to save a woman. However he is not able to make it back and drowns. This is not shown but we later see the back of a body floating in the water.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The woman falling overboard and the man drowning after saving her are intense.

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