Parents Guide for
Little Odessa (1994) More at IMDbPro »

There is one sex scene, but it's not particuarely graphic

Arkady lights a cigarette after having sex

Joshua shoots a man dead (no blood)

A man threatens a young boy by killing him if he talks

Joshua punches a man in the face and holds a gun on another

In several scenes we see Arkady struggling with Irina in order to keep her calm

Arkady slaps Reuben and in return Joshua punches Arkady to the ground

Joshua shoots a man in the back of the head. Blood splatters

Joshua threatens a man with a gun

We see Joshua and his gang ambushing a man and his wife in bed. They then take the man out to a dump where Joshua executes him with several shots to the head (seen from a distance with no blood)

Arkady hits Reuben with his belt many times for skipping school (only heard)

Irina asks Reuben for a drink of water. She then starts to cough and dies on the kitchen floor

Joshua threatens a woman with a gun

Joshua makes Arkady kneel and prepares to shoot him, but doesn't

Russian mobsters comes to a house looking for Joshua and shoots his girlfriend dead in the process. Reuben and another man then arrives and Reuben shoots a mobster dead. The other man then shoots Reuben dead, thinking he's a mobster and flees. The second Russian mobster then decides to do the same.

Joshua burns Reubens body.

Strong language (about 60 or so 'fucks')

Arkady appears drunk in a scene

At a party, people are seen drinking

Reuben smokes in many scenes

Joshua and Reuben each smokes a joint

The movie is slow-moving, but the scenes mentioned in the 'Violence' section may be frightening

The general dramatic feel and tone of the movie may seem intense to some viewers