The Paper (1994) Poster

(1994)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong language
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Sex & Nudity

  • We see a married editor getting dressed in a hotel room with a reporter. It's implied they're having an affair. They kiss and talk about how it is "the last time" but then one jokes "what about next time?"
  • Discussion of a series in the paper on "penile implants". The men in the room cringe. One character holds up the newspaper with an anatomical illustration and says "Can we possibly get a new dick drawing?"
  • A character jokes that reporters should be allowed to make "free phone sex calls" as a type of bonus at work
  • Marisa Tomei's nude pregnant HUGE stomach is shown and she's wearing a thin sports bra that her nipples are noticeable. Some Sexual References.

Violence & Gore

  • A man and a woman slug and scrape each other.
  • Two men struggle with each other in a bar, and a gun falls out of one's pants. The other grabs it and holds people at gunpoint, firing a warning shot which hits a nearby woman in the leg (bloody hole seen). Two men subdue and disarm him.
  • Two corpses are found in a car in the beginning, and it's moderately bloody.

Profanity

  • The F-word is used 36 times. Other profanities are also sprinkled about. (kids-in-minds.com)

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some social drinking in bars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Dramatic suspense some involving murders.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A pregnant character experiences a placental abruption. We see bright red blood dripping down her bare legs and on the chair where she was sitting. Later she is wheeled on a gurney and as the gurney is turned we briefly see blood pooling on the sheet between her legs. She's in great distress.

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