Mild
27 of 60 found this mild
No nudity. Lots of kissing.
Numerous references and discussions of a woman's sexual past, most of which are outdated views on promiscuous women.
Man has shirt off briefly in a few scenes.
Lots of euphemistic innuendo in the dialogue. References to sexual promiscuity - and possibly prostitution - and even a scandal of a teacher romantically involved with a teen student.
A woman euphemistically accuses her sister of marrying a man only for his sex appeal.
In a scene loaded with carnal desire, a shirtless man is approached by a woman coming down the stairs, and hugs her so that his face is next to her belly. She grabs and feels his back passionately. They kiss and he carries her off, sex is implied, but not shown.
Women change clothes in a few scenes but only strip down to undergarments. A man assists his sister-in-law in changing clothes and in another scene walks into a room where she is undressed. Lots of sexual tension.
A group of men make fun of another man for staring at a woman changing clothes through a curtain.
An older woman flirts with a much younger man (possibly a teenaged boy) and asks him to kiss her, which he does.
A man speaks of being able to have sex with his wife again once his sister-in-law leaves. In another scene, the wife briefly talks about her wedding night to her sister.
Moderate
23 of 41 found this moderate
Graphic fight in which stanley is drunk and starts a brutal fight. The big light falls on someone's head and stanley punches his wife very hard in the face and throws several other men.
In a drunken fit a man throws a radio through a window and beats his pregnant wife off screen (only blows are heard). The wife leaves the room for a few minutes and then returns.
A man constantly yells at his wife and sister-in-law.
A man throws dishes off a table.
Mild
21 of 35 found this mild
1 use of damn
A few ethnic slurs: "polack" and "chinaman"
Mild
19 of 37 found this mild
Stanley is drunk constantly. NOT MILD.
There is lots of alcohol consumption by one character. It is implied that she is an alcoholic.
Characters smoke a lot in almost every scene.
A woman smokes while pregnant (but in 1951 no one was aware of the dangers in this).
Husband drinks with group of friends while playing poker.
Moderate
22 of 44 found this moderate
The film is very intense as a whole, and also has a depressing plot which centers on the negative effects of abuse and alcoholism.
The film has a depressing tone to it and isn't for sensitive viewers.
Blanches behaviour becomes increasingly disturbing throughout.