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14A(14A)

Synopsis

Comedy. Born on the first Christmas in a manger directly beside Jesus Christ, simple peasant Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman) is mistaken for a religious messiah while rebelling against the rule of Roman tyrants.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang; frequent use of profanity, cursing and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent use of crude sexual language
  • Infrequent weapons and hand-to-hand violence—some blood, little impact
  • Breast, buttock, and frontal nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

  • The contagious nature of religious fervor
  • Embracing absurdity

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and nudity.

Classification date

July 02, 2008

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