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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that, instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, you use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

4/10

Contains a couple of non- explicit sexual references including mild references to 'Kiddie porn' and giving birth.

Donnie mentions thinking about "fucking" while under hypnosis.

Implied of-screen sex.

Violence & Gore

3/10

A teenager is shot in the eye (brief and not bloody).

A boy threatens Donnie with a knife.

An eye injury is briefly seen.

A teenage girl is run over.

A body is seen being taken out of a building in a body bag after an accident.

Some fighting between teenagers.

Profanity

5/10

Some use of 'f*ck'. 'Bitch' and 'shit'.

5/10

A student is very briefly seen snorting what looks like cocaine.

Donnie and his friends are seen drinking beer and smoking.

Rose drinks wine with a friend.

Various teens are seen drinking beer at a party.

Rose smokes a cigarette.

4/10

Some upsetting and emotional scenes.

Total - 21/50 Should be okay for kids aged 15 and up

Rated 15+/R for strong language, some moderate sex references, some violence and one scene of drug use.

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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some drug use and violence
Certification:
Australia:M / Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) / Canada:G (Quebec) / Czech Republic:15 / Finland:K-15 / France:U / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:15 / Italy:T / Japan:PG-12 / Netherlands:12 / New Zealand:R16 / Norway:15 / Portugal:M/16 / Singapore:NC-16 / South Korea:15 / UK:15 / USA:R / Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) / USA:R (director's cut) / Portugal:M/12 (director's cut) / Iceland:16 / Spain:13 / Hungary:16 / Brazil:14 / New Zealand:M (director's cut) / Sweden:11 (TV rating) / Sweden:15 / Mexico:B / Canada:PG (British Columbia) (director's cut) / Argentina:16

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