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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for some sexuality and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • There is a lengthy sex scene between John and Selima in which they kiss and embrace, he pulls down her dress and begins to kiss and caress her breasts (which are fully seen). Things move to the bedroom and we see her sitting on him and thrusting and they can be seen naked while she is sweating and moaning. And then John starts to preform oral sex on Selima (we see her breasts again here) and then she straddles him and the scene ends.
  • Cecil walks up to John and pulls her dress down revealing her bare breasts for about 2 seconds.
  • John and Cecil are shown pre-coital. Nothing explicit.
  • A woman is called some sexual slangs as she has a baby that is not her husband's.
  • There is an implied sexual assault.
  • There are a lot of sexual references throughout the movie. Selima is a "Sleeping Dictionary" which is a woman who stays with the English to teach them the native language and to perform in bed.

Violence & Gore

  • There is a short battle sequence between some of the miners and some of the natives in which the miners are shot multiple times with arrows. Some blood is shown.
  • We see people carrying decapitated and partially decayed heads.
  • Selima shoots Neville in the arm. We see a spray of blood and the wound pours.
  • Neville threatens John, Selima and the baby with a gun.
  • Neville is shot in the neck twice with an arrow. Blood pours out of his mouth.
  • It is implied through shown bruises that Neville has beaten and sexually assaulted his Sleeping Dictionary.

Profanity

  • 4 f-words (1 used sexually) also a couple uses of the word Bastard.
  • Hell and Damn are used a handful of times.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There is some casual drinking.
  • John gets drunk drinking a tribal beverage.
  • Famous gets drunk quite often throughout the movie.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The decapitated heads could disturb some.
  • The final confrontation between John and Neville could be considered intense by some.

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