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Dazed and Confused | 1993 | R | - 3.3.7
A day in the life of high-schoolers, circa 1976.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Very little actual sex or nudity, but quite a bit of sexual innuendo and pubescent sex talk. One teenager tells his friend about an erotic dream, which is then referred to as a male pornographic fantasy. Two couples are shown kissing.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - There is no blood or gore. There are several scenes of people being chased down and then being paddled on their backsides. A woman pulls a shotgun on a teenager, and a man pulls a gun on a car full of teenagers, waves it around and shoots at them; nobody's hurt. There is a gross scene of teenage girls being hazed: they get doused by assorted condiments. A fist fight, which leads to a couple of black eyes.
LANGUAGE 7 - Many F-words, scatological terms and sexual and anatomical references.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Drug use, hazing and initiation rituals, under age drinking, following (and breaking) adult rules.
MESSAGE - You have to stand up for what you believe in. Resist authority.
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