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14A(14A) Brutal Violence, Sexual Content

Synopsis

Crime/Drama/Comedy. In a complicated scheme, a car salesman (William H. Macy) hires men (Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife, while a police woman (Frances McDormand) investigates.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context, some in an aggressive context; frequent use of profanity and cursing; infrequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of brutal gun, weapons and hand-to-hand violence – much blood and some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual content with no nudity and some detail
  • Infrequent brief male buttock nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

  • Unintended consequences
  • Variations in problem solving techniques
  • Crime does not pay

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for brutal violence and sexual content

Classification date

March 03, 2014

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