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(2009)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • There is much dialogue about love affairs, sex, desire, sexual innuendo and sex puns. There is a visual pun where the TV reporter stands in front of the spa, the sign of which reads "gay hot spa" due to the fact that it is missing some letters. A woman in the confessional reports to the priest about her loud sex with her husband, asking for forgiveness.
  • In amidst several sex scenes around 1'15", we see an attractive woman's round backside. The camera gets fairly close, and her rear end fills the screen for about 5 or 6 seconds. This is presumably to show an imprint of an object on one bum-cheek, for humour, but is quite graphic. This particular shot seemed (to this reviewer) to go beyond 'cinema' and venture somewhat into the domain of pornography, through how close the camera is to her rear, and how long the shot is held.
  • Some women go through some lingerie.
  • A man looks at a dirty magazine. Brief nudity is shown.
  • A man walks upstairs to the bedroom fully nude, implying sex. Nudity includes full rear nudity.
  • At the same time in two different locations, two male/female couples are shown to be having sex. A young man has a sex dream about the woman with whom he is in love; he wakes up to the sound of his parents making love in another room. In the dream, standing nude, she invites him into her home and they have sex in the bathtub. Nudity involves bare breasts, bare chest and female full rear nudity. Sex also involves sex on a table, women on top sex as well as fellatio.

Violence & Gore

  • A man jumps off a cliff; it is assumed he kills himself. At the very start of the movie.
  • Some men hijack a vehicle and steal Viagra from it. They threaten the drivers but only with a wooden gun and no one is hurt.

Profanity

  • 3 misuses of 'Jesus', including 1 from a Catholic priest, 1 of Christ, 1 of Holy Jesus, 1 of Holy mother of God, 1 of sweet Jesus, 1 of God, 1 of Jesus hopping Christ.
  • Many uses of the Irish (and other Gaelic cultures) curse word 'feck', which to those in the know, is a milder curse-word than f-u-c-k, without sexual connotations. Can also mean (in Ireland) to throw or steal. One character explains that it is a milder word than 'f-u-c-k', and then noticeably uses f-u-c-k when he drops something important. To those unfamiliar with 'feck' though, this may seem like half a dozen f-bombs a minute in places.
  • Some swearing, mostly "fuck"..

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Lots of drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • Lots of sexual discussion. In particular, the story surrounds a group of men who stash stolen Viagra in a well that proceeds to dissolve into the water supply, which causes the entire town to become aroused after drinking it for a few days. Quite a few references to erections.

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