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Dog Day Afternoon
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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

R for Language, Some Sexual Content and A Brief Violent Image.

3/10

A pair of bank robbers are said to be homosexual.

One character is a homosexual who married another man who mentions/discusses his need for a sex change operation several times.

They have a conversation which includes one of them mentioning that in Algeria they have "Big Johnson's".

Violence & Gore

6/10

One man is shot in the head. No blood is shown spraying but we see a bloody bullet hole.

People are threatened at gunpoint by bank robbers.

Profanity

10/10

Roughly 53 uses of the the word "F**k". Around 30 uses of "Sh*t". 4 uses of "bullsh*t".

3/10

Some smoking.

Also the mention of drugs being given in a hospital.

6/10

This film is not very intense. The bank robbers are not threatening towards the hostages.

Overall Rating: 28/50

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Certification:
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) / West Germany:16 (original rating) / UK:15 (video rating) / Canada:PG (Manitoba) / Canada:R (Ontario) / New Zealand:M (re-rating) (2006) / New Zealand:R18 (orginal rating) / Netherlands:MG6 / Portugal:M/18 / Netherlands:12 (original rating) / South Korea:15 / Brazil:14 / Peru:18 / Italy:VM14 / Argentina:18 / Australia:M / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Finland:K-16 / Norway:15 / Norway:16 (1976) / Singapore:PG / Sweden:15 / USA:R / UK:X (original rating)

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