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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for some violence, intense thematic elements and sensuality
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Near the beginning of the movie, one of the lead characters is seen grinding and sensually dancing at a party and a sensual (non-nude) scene follows, then film cuts to the next scene.
  • There's a scene where a man and a woman start kissing passionately and they fall on the bed, continuing kissing and he starts pulling on her black thin garment. Suddenly, she pulls away and scene cuts to next scene.
  • No nudity. Sexual content consists of: passionate kissing with brief groping references.

Violence & Gore

  • A crowd is gathered to hang a woman for witchcraft. She escapes by jumping down from the platform, causing the rope to break.
  • The two sisters slice their palms in a blood sisterhood ritual.
  • One of the lead female characters is caught in an off-screen domestic violence situation with her boyfriend. She is shown scraped up with black eyes. The boyfriend later holds two women hostage in an automobile with a knife (possibly a gun, scene was short). The segment includes the boyfriend choking one of the women. The boyfriend is poisoned and killed by another character.
  • A character is struck and killed by a delivery truck.

Profanity

  • 6 uses of shit 1 with bull 7 uses of oh my god 7 uses of oh god 10 uses of bitch 1 use of slut, asshole, piss, screw and balls 3 uses of hell 2 uses of damn
  • The word 'asshole' is used. d*** it, sh*t,dam*, bit*h

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Characters are seen (somewhat excessively) drinking alcohol in one scene.
  • A bottle of alchohol is seen on screen a few times.
  • Drug use is implied.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character is seen choking another character multiple times. It is also discussed, but not shown, that he abused her prior to this scene.
  • A character is resurrected from the dead using witchcraft. When he is resurrected, he is seen attempting to choke a character, while yelling, "I want you to be my wife."

Spoilers

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

Sex & Nudity

  • at the end of the movie a man and a woman kisses several times in front 2 little girls

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character becomes possessed by her former lover/abuser towards the end of the movie, which can be very frightening as her eyes also briefly change their color a few times during the possession. She goes back to normal by the end of the movie.

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