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Practical Magic | 1998 | PG-13 | - 2.4.4
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are two sisters who stir up a witch's brew in the romantic comedy. Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing co-star.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A couple kiss and begin to undress but go no further. There are scenes with suggestive dancing, scantily clad women, kissing, and sexual innuendo.
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VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A man sticks his hand into a screaming man's chest and comes out with a bloody badge. A long needle is stuck into a bird and it's bloody when withdrawn. A scene of an exorcism with writhing, etc. In two scenes two palms are slashed with a knife and we see some blood. A man is hit by a truck (we hear it but don't see it). An attempted hanging (it's not concluded) and a person is nearly strangled. A gun is held to a person's head and a man is hit on the head with a frying pan. A woman has a black eye and scratches on her face. Kids throw rocks at other kids. There are a couple of struggles.
LANGUAGE 4 - An anatomical reference, some mild obscenities, and a few scatological references.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Sisters, witchcraft, mysticism, exorcisms, Mr. Right.
MESSAGE - Magic exists.
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