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(2011)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for brief strong language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Edgar and Clyde kiss once during the film.
  • A sex shadowed scene is shown but nothing explicit is seen.

Violence & Gore

  • A bomb blows up a house with a family inside. No one gets hurt, but the family was shaken by it.
  • A raid happens near the beginning of the movie that shows people punching, kicking, and knocking large things over. Upstairs a man is shown on the floor getting beaten severely by two other men with guns and fists while also getting kicked in the side and face.
  • A shootout takes place that shows police officer's getting shot and killed. Although the shooting isn't that graphic, it does show bullet wounds on several of them.

Profanity

  • Two uses of the word cocksucker and one use of the "F" word. A single profaning of God's name comes from the lips of Richard Nixon at the end of the movie.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some drinking and smoking is seen throughout the film.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A family's house get's bombed.
  • The raid scene can be disturbing to some.
  • A couple of shootouts can be disturbing.

Spoilers

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

Violence & Gore

  • A child's skeleton is found in the woods. Later we hear that his leg was missing and he had a massive blow to the head.

Profanity

  • The word 'daffy' (short for daffodil) is said a couple times as a slang term for an effeminate or homosexual man.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The child's skeleton in the woods is rather hard to see and hear about.

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