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State of Grace (1990)

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State of Grace

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Moderate
  • Violence & Gore:
    Severe
  • Profanity:
    Severe
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Moderate
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
12 of 32 found this moderate
A man and woman begin kissing in a dark room. The man opens her robe and kisses her stomach. He then opens her robe more, exposing her breasts. She moans and the scene ends.
A man and woman wake up in bed together, but are covered by sheets.
A man and woman kiss in a bedroom and begin to undress. They both take their shirts off, and the woman wears a bra. They then stop kissing and the man leaves.
Several crude discussions about sex.

Violence & Gore

Severe
14 of 19 found this severe
Jackie shows Terry some severed hands in a jar in his fridge.
Terry and Jackie are seen shooting at some bottles.
Jackie, Stevie and Tery get in a fight with some Italian mafiosos, it's done very street-type with not much grace and the fight ends with Terry breaking another mans nose on the hood of a car and holds a gun to his head.
Pat pulls a gun on a man and tells him that they're going for a walk (we hear that the man's body was found in a dumpster).
Jackie and Terry run across a room on fire, but they both come out alive.
Jackie hits a man. Shortly thereafter, Pat hits an old barkeeper and a fight erupts betweeen Frankie's men. Franke gets them seperated. Back outside, he threatens Terry.
Frankie cuts another man's throat, we see the cutting with bloody results.
The cops are seen fishing out the above victim of a river.
We hear that a friend of Terry and Jackie has been killed on the job as a policeman. We see the funeral service.
When he sees that another man is making moves towards his woman, Jackie violently knocks down that man and kicks him on the ground and finally breaks a bottle on his head (no blood).

Profanity

Severe
16 of 20 found this severe
'F*ck' is said 234 times, including derivatives.
'Sh*t' is said 15 times.
'Bullsh*t' is said seven times.
'*ss' is said four times.
'*sshole' is said nine times.
'D*ck' is said three times.
'Godd*mn' is said three times.
'H*ll' is said twice.
'C*cksucker' is said twice.
'B*stard' is said once.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Moderate
6 of 15 found this moderate
Many scenes take place in bars.
A man offers a woman a drink and she turns him down saying she already had two Valium.
The main character is told he smells like alcohol and is drinking too much.
A drug deal happens early in the film.
All the main characters (mostly Jackie and Terry) are seen drinking and smoking a lot
There are also quite a few references to drugs and drug dealers

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
7 of 13 found this moderate
Frankie cuts a friend's throat, in a cruel and bloody scene, very intense.
The climax is very intense.
Most of the main characters participate in illegal activities.
During a truce meeting between the Irish and Itallians, Jackie fears for his brothers life and is about to storm the resturant where the meeting is, but no one is hurt (it's very intense, nontheless).
Frankie's men break into Terrys apartement with guns drawn.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • R
  • Canada
    • 13+Québec
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • 12
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 18original rating
    • 162012, re-rating
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Italy
    • T
  • Netherlands
    • 16DVD rating
    • 121991, original rating
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 181991, video premiere
    • (Banned)cinema release, 1990-2003
  • Poland
    • 16TV rating
  • Portugal
    • M/16
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • Spain
    • 18
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • 18
  • United States
    • TV-MAcable rating
    • Rcertificate #30296

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