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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for pervasive strong sexual content, nudity and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • The woman who rents the main character an apartment is highly sex-positive (And it is related to her job) and keeps many types of sex toys on display in the apartment, which are hidden later when the main character's family come to visit.
  • The film is about sex. There is a lot of discussion about sex, particularly with lesbians. Some talk about sex toys, and some are shown like dildos, vibrators, and a latex vagina.
  • Lots of kissing, particularly between two women.
  • Two women paint each other while nude. Breasts, butts, and painted groins are visible. They are then shown together in the shower kissing.
  • Two women are shown in bed in their bras and panties. They kiss. One removes the other's bra, revealing the side of her breast. They are heard moaning and one of the girl's brother sees them together. They are nude and one girl is fingering the other, bringing her to orgasm. Their butts and breasts are visible.
  • Two women kiss in the stall of a bathroom. One girl lifts the other's shirt up and licks her nipples. She starts pulls down her pants and it is implied that she performs cunnilingus.
  • A woman finds a box full of sex toys. She goes through them, chooses one, and she masturbates with it.
  • A man and woman kiss. They have sex on a park bench, some thrusting and moaning. Nothing is visible as it is in the shadows.
  • A woman and transgender woman kiss briefly.
  • A woman is shown nude with signs covering her breasts and groin. The side of her butt is visible. She is shown later without the signs, breasts and butt visible.

Violence & Gore

  • A couple of bigots threatened to rape the main character and one of them talks about their penis. Til the main character's mom and a transgender woman saves her and punches the bigots.
  • A woman attacks a transgender woman, saying she shouldn't be in the woman's bathroom. Her friends save her and subdue the attacking woman.
  • Two men fight briefly.

Profanity

  • Some anti-gay slurs.
  • Lots of strong swearing, mostly the "f" word. Some uses of "asshole".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Woman appear to be drunk in public.
  • A woman is seen rolling a marijuana joint.
  • Some smoking.
  • Some drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Hate violence.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Some guys throw a flare through the window of a store. It happens that their is a gas leak. The store explodes and one man is injured with blood on his face and arm.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A group of bigots who previously harassed the main character, as she sat in the window of the book store as living art, return to throw lit flares through the window. This is made more dangerous by the fact that the owner of the next-door restaurant is working on his gas stove, causing an explosion. Nobody is seriously injured but for anybody with issues surrounding hate crimes or explosions this could be a severe emotional trigger.

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