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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

Some explicit innuendo, often in the form of lyrics.

Suggestive scene involving tight trousers.

A pickle is found in someone's pants.

Several references that sometimes contain explicit language.

Verbal description of a sexually graphic, and misogynist, album cover.

Violence & Gore

Profanity

In the 2nd half of the movie, Nigel uses the word "fuck" in about every other sentence.

David and Nigel have an argument where just about every other word is the f-word.

Highly suggestive lyrics feature in most every song the band plays.

A good amount of casual smoking and drinking. The film depicts rock stars of the 70s-80s and has an appropriatte level of substance abuse for the setting.

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Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) / Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:PA (Manitoba) / Iceland:L / South Korea:15 / Sweden:15 (TV rating) / Australia:M / Canada:G (Quebec) / Finland:K-7 (DVD rating) / Finland:K-8 (original rating) / France:U / Singapore:NC-16 / UK:15 / USA:R (#27121) / West Germany:12

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