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18A(18A) Sexual Content, Coarse Language, Crude Content

Synopsis

Comedy. After meeting a sex film star (Justin Long) at their high school reunion, broke and with no other prospects, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) decide to make their own pornographic film in order to pay their bills.

Content elements

  • Pervasive use of the sexual expletive and variations, many in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Frequent use of crude and descriptive sexual language and references
  • Frequent use of ethno-cultural slurs
  • Frequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast and buttock nudity, some detail
  • Male and female rear and frontal nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

  • The evolution of friendship into romantic love
  • Definitions of success
  • Conventions of the sex film

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for frequent sexual content, nudity, coarse language and crude content.

Classification date

September 22, 2008

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