American Animals

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Synopsis

Crime/Drama. A group of college students (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson, Blake Jenner) plan a heist to steal a rare book.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in an aggressive context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and developmental slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence – no blood, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• The attraction of crime
• Greed and escalation
• Actions and consequences

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

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