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(1999)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong graphic violence and sexuality, pervasive strong language and drug use
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Vinny has sex with a woman in a car, although no nudity is visible moaning can be heard and thrusting is visible. They are then interrupted and Vinny gets out of the car with his butt visible and gets back in.
  • Richie walks in on his parents having sex, his mom's breasts are visible for at least 10 seconds.
  • A woman puts her head over Richie's lap and unbuckles his belt but he tells her to stop before she does anything.
  • Vinny and another woman are shown making out in their underwear.
  • Richie does an erotic S&M dance at a gay bar, then he walks into a women's bathroom with another man implying gay sex.
  • Vinny pulls down his underwear revealing his butt and then has sex with his wife, there is no nudity but thrusting is shown from a side view and moaning can be heard.
  • Vinny's erection is briefly visible through his pants before his wife gives him an offscreen blowjob.
  • Richie is shown again dancing erotically at a gay bar (this time wearing women's clothes) before he walks into a bathroom with a man implying gay sex.
  • A nude man and woman are briefly shown making out in a bathtub with no genitalia visible.
  • An orgy is shown at a sex club, breasts are visible, thrusting is visible and lots of moaning is heard. This scene roughly lasts about 2-3 minutes.
  • A man is dancing suggestively at a gay bar while wearing a thong.

Violence & Gore

  • This is a very violent movie. The shootings are incredibly graphic and bloody and very sudden, jarring, and intense, with massive amounts of blood and gore. And there is a LOT of shootings.
  • There are a lot of brutal fist fights and graphic beatings throughout the movie as well, with characters being beaten by gangs with blood spraying everywhere and other bloody fights or altercations.
  • A man smashes a bottle over his head and starts bleeding profusely. He wipes his hand in the wound and licks his own blood.
  • Riots, beatings, and general mayhem are depicted throughout the film.
  • Many people are graphically shot in cars with blood smearing all over the windows around them.
  • In the end, there is a very graphic beating in which the victim is seen bleeding a lot from the face.

Profanity

  • 1 Use Of Cunt And Twat
  • Tons of gay and lesbian slurs throughout.
  • Extremely graphic sexual language is used very frequently through the movie, with all manner of swear words used in a sexual context, "fuck" being the main offender.
  • This movie contains VERY EXPLICIT language.
  • 435 uses of "fuck" including many uses of "motherfucker".
  • Around 200 uses of shit.
  • Cocksucker is said 7 times
  • Multiple other cuss words are said throughout.
  • A couple of racial slurs towards African-Americans, Hispanics and Italian-Americans. 2 uses of "nigger"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Constant cigarette smoking. Social drinking in clubs. Characters are seen smoking cannabis, snorting cocaine and ingesting pills. One character is a heroin addict and there is a brief but graphic insert of him shooting up.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In one scene, a man is commanded by (what he believes to be) a demon-possessed dog to go on a killing spree. The man, trembling in cowardice, agrees reluctantly. This scene is VERY frightening.
  • The film's atmosphere is tense and violent, with many characters living in mounting paranoia in response to a serial killer.

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