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Wag the Dog | 1998 | R | - 3.3.7
Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman star in this political satire about a sex scandal that threatens the President's re-election.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Sexual innuendo and discussions of sexual impropriety. Part of a woman's bare buttocks are seen. A man and woman are shown in bed apparently after sex. A young female bombing victim is shown running nude. Discussions of rape.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man is shot off screen. Another man is shot twice off screen. A woman is apparently attacked by a rapist (off screen).
LANGUAGE 7 - A couple dozen F-words, many scatological and anatomical references, and many mild obscenities.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Political strategy, spin control, cynisism, democracy, the press.
MESSAGE - Politics and the media make strange and dangerous bed fellows.
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