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- Sex & Nudity (6)
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- Profanity (9)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (2)
- Spoilers (3)
Certification
| MPAA | Rated R for pervasive language and some violence |
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Sex & Nudity
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- No sex, only sexual references.
- Near the beginning of movie, there's a red light outline of a woman, across the street from the phone booth.
- Picture with naked woman covering her breasts with hands but we hardly notice this blurry dark picture.
- Several women who work as strippers are shown often and wear revealing clothes. Some proposition a man.
- A man is forced by the caller to ask the police negotiator if he masturbates.
- Stu is forced to confess to his wife his long habit of infidelity.
Violence & Gore
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- We are told of men who have been shot and killed while they are shown in grainy footage.
- A man smashes the phone booth window with a baseball bat and tries to get Stu inside.
- A man is shot in the back of the shoulder (some blood is seen).
- Stu is shot in the ear and blood is seen on his neck throughout the rest of the movie.
- Throughout the movie there is the threat of violence, which includes the caller shooting objects, people, and then the actual phone booth. Stu is threatened with multiple guns.
- The SWAT team surrounds the phone booth on roof tops and all around and they are armed with guns.
Profanity
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- 126 uses of the f-word and 13 uses of "shit."
- The main character gives the middle finger once.
- 2 uses of "damn," while 6 are pared with "god."
- The N-word is used.
- "Bitch" is used 2 times.
- "Jesus," "Jesus Christ," and "God" are used.
- 14 uses of "ass."
- lots of profanity throughout the movie
- 1 use of "dick."
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- The main character smokes a couple of cigarettes.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- 90% of the movie is suspenseful with Stu being trapped in the phone booth at the threat of being shot.
- There's an intense scene where the caller is threatening to kill Stu's wife and lover.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- A man is shown on the ground with a small pool of blood and said you have cut his throat. He is briefly shown on a gurney. The wound is never seen.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The caller coerces Stu to either shoot his wife or his mistress, but at the end, Stu doesn't shoot anyone.
- When Stu runs out of the phone booth and is shot (not killed) it is very suspenseful.
