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Certification

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MPAA R for disturbing violent and sexual content, some graphic nudity and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Anna and Steven are seen kissing through a window. The next shot is of them under bed sheets talking, and it is implied they are naked.
  • Steven showers nude, with buttocks seen. He then sits nude on an arm sofa, his genitals covered by his hand.
  • Martin is not interested when Kim strips to her underwear to seduce him.
  • Anna beats off Matthew in his car, no nudity.
  • Anna strips to seduce Steven, glimpse of her breasts, he is not interested.
  • Steven tells Bob a story about how he jerked off his own father.
  • Glimpse of Anna's bush during sex play. She plays anesthetized, wearing underwear, he rips off her panties and mounts her.

Violence & Gore

  • Some of the stronger scenes include, one in which a character who is seen biting into his own forearm, causing blood to ooze from his mouth before he spits out a piece of his own flesh; a scene where a man fires a gunshot into a character's chest, causing blood to seep through the latter's clothing; and a scene where a character covered in bruises and cuts is punched across the face, causing his mouth to be filled with blood.
  • Violence against children. Children (11 and 14) are threatened with violence and death and are also inflicted violence upon.
  • A character bleeds profusely from the eyes. It is expected, but it is also disturbing to see. It gets cleaned up shortly after.

Profanity

  • 2 utterances of the expletive "fuck".
  • Very little profanity is used 1 use of s-it 1 use of h-ll 1 use of a-s

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Steven's past alcoholism is mentioned several times in conversation.
  • Cigarette smoking by Anna, Steven, Kim, and Martin.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Violence is threatened against and inflicted upon children, making the film even more intense and disturbing.
  • Towards the end of the film, a character fires shots at others, causing fear and death .
  • The general tone of the movie is very surreal. The characters act very strange and deliver their lines very monotone which makes the film feel emotionally off.
  • The entire film feels very uncomfortable, the lines are purposely delivered in a strange way and the strange shots make everything feel off. It can be creepy.
  • In one scene, Steven attempts to force feed his son. This and the theme of characters refusing to eat may be triggering for some.
  • Overall a very weird and disturbing movie.
  • It is a thoroughly disturbing movie that explores the damage that curses can bring to a family.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A character forces others to play a game similar to Russian Roulette, where he constrained them to chairs and then spins around in a circle firing shots from a rifle at random in their direction.

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