Serial Mom (1993) [reclassified 2019]

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Synopsis

Comedy. A suburban mother (Kathleen Turner) resorts to murdering those who upset her.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Frequent portrayals of weapons, hand-to-hand, and vehicular violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail
• Infrequent breast nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Adherent psychology
• Criminality and the media
• Motivation and compulsion

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

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