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Shadows and Fog | 1992 | PG-13 | - 2.5.2
Woody Allen's trademark themes -- sex, death, anxiety -- reappear in his latest film, where he plays a Franz Kafka character done for laughs. Mia Farrow co-stars as a sword-swallower.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - None on-screen. An off-camera affair in a brothel between Mia Farrow and John Cusack, and another bedroom scene in which after-sex discussion takes place between Allen and Jodie Foster, who plays a prostitute. Some sex discussion among the prostitutes.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - Several bodies are discovered, but all is done discreetly. A couple of piano wire stranglings occur on-screen. Nothing too graphic. In an autopsy room, some spare body parts are waved around by a doctor.
LANGUAGE 2 - Fairly mild. There is some descriptive "shop talk" about sex in the brothel.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Prostitution, murder, vigilantism.
MESSAGE - It's all about existential angst and such-nothing that will resonate with kids.
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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.
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