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Clay Pigeons | 1998 | R | - 6.7.10
Joaquin Phoenix gets tangled in a web of betrayal and murder in this black comedy/thriller. Also with Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garafolo, Georgina Cates, Scott Wilson, Gregory Sporleder, Vince Vieluf, Phil Morris, Joseph D. Reitman, Nikki Arlyn and Monica Moench.
SEX/NUDITY 6 - Sexual innuendo and kissing, sometimes passionately. Two scenes, in which a naked couple has intercourse with lots of movement and sound; in both, we see the woman's bare breasts, and in one, we see the woman's bare buttocks. In one scene, we see a woman's bare back and upper chest as she moves and moans sexually (it's unclear whether a man is caressing a woman or they are having intercourse). We hear a man and woman having sex on TV. A woman briefly caresses a man's clothed behind and crotch. In several scenes, we see a scantily clad woman (she wears cleavage-revealing tops, short skirts, bras and underwear); in one scene, she wears an open robe and we see part of her breast. We see a man in his boxer shorts.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A man shoots himself, and we see his dead, bloody body. A woman shoots another woman (a little blood is seen). A man is about to stab a woman, but the scene ends before we see him do it. A car -- with a dead person inside -- is pushed off a cliff; we see it crash at the bottom, then explode. A man throws a wrapped-up corpse in a lake. We see a naked corpse floating facedown in water, and in different scenes we see three covered corpses (their discolored feet are visible) and one very bloody corpse. We see a scene from the movie "Alien" in which an alien bursts out of a man's stomach (with lots of blood). A man purposely cuts his finger and licks blood from it. A man steps in a large, gooey puddle of blood; we also see a bloody knife and a soap dish with lots of blood in it. A man slaps a woman. Threatening with guns and knives and one scuffle.
LANGUAGE 10 - About 60 F-words, several anatomical references, many scatological references and lots of mild obscenities and insults.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, suicide, infidelity, betrayal, the FBI.
MESSAGE - Telling the truth from the very beginning of a bad situation is the best way to stay out of trouble.
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