Why is “Caught Stealing” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong violent content, pervasive language, some sexuality/nudity and brief drug use.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes an implied sex scene with partial nudity, a few kissing scenes, a scene with non-sexual nudity, several scenes of a car crash that kills one teen and wounds another, a car crash that kills two people, scenes of gunfire exchanges and threatening with guns leading to death and injuries, a few bloody dead bodies, discussions of a man suffering a stroke, discussions of drug dealing and a scene showing cocaine use, many arguments, yelling and nearly 100 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A man (Matt Smith) leaves his cat with a neighbor (Austin Butler), who is unaware of the trouble the man is in, until several unsavory characters looking for something other than the cat appear at his front door. Also with Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Griffin Dunne, Dominique Silver, Shaun O’Hagan, Action Bronson, Jake Bentley Young, Kitty Lawrence, George Abud, Mike Francesa, Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo, Nikita Kukushkin and Yuri Kolokolnikov. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. [Running Time: 1:47]

Caught Stealing SEX/NUDITY 6

 – A man and a woman race to undress while standing on opposite sides of a bed (we see the woman wearing bra and underwear that reveal cleavage, bare abdomen, back, legs and partial buttocks, and the man wears boxer briefs that show bare chest, abdomen, back and legs); the woman crawls across the bed, they kiss, caress, she straddles him on the bed and he takes off her bra (we see her bare breasts and pierced nipples), he leans back on the bed and she leans over him (sex is implied). A woman lifts her shirt toward a man and we see her wearing a lace bra that reveals cleavage, nipples through the fabric and abdomen; she invites him to join her and sex is implied.
► A man and woman kiss passionately and moan in the entry hallway of an apartment building and a woman walks by telling them to get a room. A young man and a young woman kiss passionately while riding a bus.
► A man sits fully nude in a room with other men questioning him (we see his bare chest, abdomen, legs to the hips and partial buttock).

Caught Stealing VIOLENCE/GORE 7

 – A teen boy swerves to miss a cow in the road and crashes into a pole; we see this scene repeated several times in nightmares and with different levels of detail including the passenger having crashed through the windshield and hitting the pole killing him (blood is seen on his head and face) and the driver with a bloody face and a gruesome wound on his knee with exposed bone and tissue. Two men scuffle and one shoots the other in the abdomen three times (we see blood on his back) and he falls dead. A car swerves and speeds on a street, it crashes into a girder and a man in the passenger seat is thrown through the window crashing into a fireplug (we see blood and his malformed head and tissue) and another passenger has a bloody wound on his throat. A man threatens another man with a gun and the gunman is shot in the head (he falls dead). A man threatens to harm a woman and another man finds her dead (we see a bloody wound on her head and blood pooled under her); we see photos of the crime scene later with more blood on the body. A man opens a safe and pulls out a shotgun that he uses to shoot at other people in the room; the others fire automatic weapons at him and when he opens the door to shoot at them again he is struck several times (we see blood on his chest and abdomen). A man bites another man on the ear and shoots him in the chest. Two men with guns walk toward a club on a busy street and shoot people outside and exchange gunfire with people inside (blood spurts) causing people to scream and run out; two explosions blow out the front of the building and more people run. A man with a baseball bat walks into a dark passage, a woman holds a gun on him and he hits her hand with the bat; they scuffle briefly and the bat breaks, the man stabs the woman in the foot with the pointed end of the bat and she is shot three times (we see blood on her blouse).
► Two men fight: one hits the other in the head with an ashtray, and then punches him in the face twice knocking him unconscious. A man is held at gunpoint in his apartment; two men lay him on a table and one man pulls out surgical staples using a pair of pliers as the man yells (we see the bloody wound). Two men attack a man in a hallway and one man punches and kicks him repeatedly (we see the man with a bloody nose and face) and the man is later seen in a hospital bed after we are told that he lost a kidney (we see a long scar with surgical staples). A man is chased by two other men through city streets, one man slams into a bicyclist knocking him to the ground, and then punches him; they continue chasing and the first man runs through a market where we see fish and meat on display. A man hits another man in the head with a baseball bat (we see him with a large bruise and bump on his forehead later). A man comes home to find three men breaking into his apartment; he evades them, goes to the roof and climbs down the fire escape to the window, and slips but manages to get inside before he is discovered.
► A car is chased by another car, the second car is pushed into an ice cream truck and the two people inside it chase the first car on foot. A man drives on a highway and swerves causing a truck to honk and veer to avoid the car. A taxi honks at a man when he walks across a street in front of it. An inebriated man swings a baseball bat in his apartment, hits a lamp breaking it and he passes out on the floor. A man sleeping on the street is awakened by another man and he holds a knife on him before recognizing that he is a friend. A man dies while seated in a train and another man closes his eyes and leaves him there. A man is zip-tied to the steering wheel of a car and left there by two other men.
► KKK members are shown on a TV show wearing white hoods and gowns and they fight on stage with other people. Mets fans attack a man in a stairwell when another man says that he hates the Mets. A boy in a baseball game steals a base and slides into home plate where an umpire calls him safe (dust is kicked up).
► A cat limps and is shown with a bandage on its paw after we are told that it bit a man and the man bit it back. A man yells at another man saying that his father has had a stroke and that the other man needs to look after his cat while he goes to visit him. A sticker on an apartment door reads, “Die Yuppie Scum.” We are told that a cat is a biter and it hisses and snaps a few times. A few comments are made about cutting someone’s eyes out.
► A woman points a gun at a man and the gun turns out to be a lighter that she uses to light her cigarette. A woman uses superglue to close a man’s surgical wound after two staples are pulled out. A man drinks shots of liquor and beer in a bar and appears inebriated; he vomits on a glass door and we see the goo. A toilet is shown to be blocked and full of dirty water and feces; a man plunges it and flushes causing it to overflow onto the floor. A man is shown with a jagged scar on his knee. A man has a bruised face for many scenes during the movie. A cat’s litter box is shown with feces in it and a man picks up one piece that turns out to be a squeaky toy.

Caught Stealing LANGUAGE 10

 – About 99 F-words and its derivatives, 2 obscene hand gestures (one on a sticker shown a few times), 18 scatological terms, 13 anatomical terms (a man’s license plate reads “RSS Hole,” 6 mild obscenities, name-calling (stupid, man eater, skinny boy, idiot, crazy, baby, scary monsters, Mr. Baseball), exclamations (calm down), 1 religious profanity (GD), 4 religious exclamations (e.g. Holy [scatological term deleted], oh my God, God willing). | profanity glossary |

Caught Stealing SUBSTANCE USE

 – Two men snort lines of cocaine from a bar top, and a man talks about dealing a type of ecstasy. Two teenage boys drink cans of beer while driving in a car, two people hold liquor bottles wrapped in brown paper bags on a bus, people drink shots of liquor and beer in a bar, and after a man loses a kidney he is told that he cannot have alcohol. A woman smokes a cigarette in an apartment, and men smoke cigarettes in a few scenes.

Caught Stealing DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Life goals and dreams, running away from fears, gentrification, sale of narcotics, death of a parent, stroke, collateral damage.

Caught Stealing MESSAGE

 – Facing fears is the only way to move on.