Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language including sexual references, some drug use and brief violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • It's implied that Dodge and Penny have a sexual encounter in the front seat of a truck after the birthday party.
  • Older middle aged man has sex with young woman who could be his daughter. It's implied, nothing shown.
  • Dodge talks with his friend, who says he's been with a different girl every day, saying they don't care about diseases or pregnancy.
  • Due to the impending apocalypse, there are several flyers advertising sexual services. One that reads the "F" word A Virgin with phone number tear-outs is shown prominently in the opening credits.
  • In a restaurant called Friendsy's, Penny playfully claims that they are there to celebrate Dodge's birthday; a mass of kissing and drinking erupts shortly after, where the staff and customers begin kissing passionately.

Violence & Gore

  • A man committing suicide lands on Dodge's car unexpectedly and breaks the windshield, frightening him.
  • We see news footage of several people rioting, setting things on fire, smashing windows, and we see some brief glimpses of dead bodies on the ground.
  • Dodge dejectedly walks down the street drinking cough syrup and window cleaner in an attempt to commit suicide (he ends up simply becoming unconscious).
  • While Dodge and a man are in a car the man thinks dodge is a hitman but 10 seconds later a sniper shoots through a window and kills the man. Very bloody.

Profanity

  • 12 f** words
  • Semi-frequent use of "fuck" and "shit", as well as some more minor obscenities and name-calling (twat, asshole, dick, etc.). Some religious exclamations.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • At an apocalypse party, many people lose their inhibitions and do drugs, as a man enters a room with a bag full of needles (we are told it's heroin, but we don't actually see them using it). We see a small child drinking an alcoholic beverage as a grown man cheers her on.
  • Penny is seen smoking marijuana on a few occasions.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The entire movie revolves around the idea that an asteroid will strike Earth, effectively killing everybody and everything. The final half-hour is incredibly intense and emotional. Many may consider this to be a severely heavy subject, and perhaps even too intense to take.
  • A suicide jumper lands on Dodge's car while he's inside. Bloodless, but sudden and unexpected.
  • A hired assassin helps a client commit suicide by sniping him in the throat. Very bloody and unexpected.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A brick is thrown through Dodge's window as a riot begins around his apartment; he, Penny, and Penny's ex-boyfriend escape through the street and end up abandoning the ex-boyfriend.

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