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The Mambo Kings | 1992 | R | - 7.4.1
Armand Assante stars in this story of two musician brothers, who flee Cuba and head to New York City with dreams of making it big playing mambo on the club circuit.
SEX/NUDITY 7 - There are three sex scenes - two with total nudity, and one with partial. Interestingly, dance scenes are actually more sensual than the explicit love-making scenes.
VIOLENCE 4 - One knife fight in which a character is cut on the throat (not slit), and there's very little blood. Also a fatal car wreck, but there are no mangled bodies.
LANGUAGE 1 - Very little. No four letter words.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Premarital sex may raise some questions as well as infidelity, and casual sex, as one character picks up a girl at a bar.
MESSAGE - Lying will bring tragedy, and spending too much time on the past will hurt everyone around you.
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Be aware that while we do our best to avoid spoilers it is impossible to disguise all details and some may reveal crucial plot elements.
We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits.
Our ratings and reviews are based on the theatrically-released versions of films; on video there are often Unrated, Special, Director's Cut or Extended versions, (usually accurately labelled but sometimes mislabeled) released that contain additional content, which we did not review.
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