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Get Shorty | 1995 | R | - 2.4.9
Shakedown artist Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets into the movie business with a guy he was sent to shake down.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A man and woman kiss passionately while she's supposedly rubbing his crotch; she's wearing a teddy. A man and woman kiss and later we see their bare shoulders in bed. Some sex talk.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A man shoots at another man and we see blood on his forehead (later). A man is shot and falls off a balcony. Another man is shot (there's blood on his torso). People are threatened (sometimes with guns). A man bloodies a guy's nose and throughout the film his nose is bruised and misshapen. Several men are beaten up. A woman is slapped resulting in a bloody nose.
LANGUAGE 9 - 40+ F-words, many scatological references, many mild obscenities, some anatomical references.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Professional hitmen, loan sharks, the movie industry.
MESSAGE - It's a jungle out there in the L.A. movie business; you never know who might make a good business partner.
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