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(2004 Video)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Crude jokes about oral sex, breastfeeding, chlamydia, an orgy, pooping out a live squirrel, sexual intercourse and being "creative in the bedroom", gay make-out sessions, gay marriage and sex, a woman's "time of the month", female organs, bisexuality, castration, and other subjects.
  • Ron daydreams that he and Veronica start to make love on the conference table. No nudity.
  • Ron daydreams that he and Veronica start to make love, after she tells him that she "has cleaned his Emmy's and prepared dinner in the nude". No nudity is shown though.
  • A man is shown naked, with a bush covering his crotch. However, we briefly see his bare buttocks.

Violence & Gore

  • The Alarm Clock group rob banks on occasion, and threaten people in the banks with guns.
  • Ron and Veronica are both threatened with guns by The Alarm Clock group.
  • A comical fight between the Channel 4 News Team and The Alarm Clock group (punching and kicking).
  • Ron, Champ, Brian, and Brick become stranded and almost resort to cannibalism. However, they don't act on this.
  • Comical non-graphic references to murder and suicide.
  • Comical threats to beat up an elderly man.

Profanity

  • Some mild to moderate language throughout includes damn, hell, ass, bitch, bastards, piss, crap, boobies, balls, jagoff, screw you, son of a man nipple, and motherflippin'.
  • Infrequent stronger language includes a few uses of sh*t, a couple uses of d*cks as an insult, and a bleeped use of p*ssy.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Characters drink alcohol almost constantly.
  • Lots of casual cigarette smoking.
  • A teenager starts to light up a joint, until his father takes it from him, and proceeds to smoke it briefly himself.
  • A man is shown visibly high on what is presumed to be crack, however we do not see him in the act of using it.
  • References to buying marijuana, smoking marijuana, children and teens smoking marijuana, and a teenager dropping acid.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Not intense or frightening, but there are some references to sensitive subjects that some viewers may find offensive (locking dogs in hot cars, the Bible, race, etc.)
  • The comical sexist tone throughout the film may offend some viewers as well.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • Ron and Veronica are shown making love after he protects her from being shot. Ron is shown handcuffing Veronica, smacking her bottom, and kissing her passionately. The scene is crude in nature, but no nudity is shown.

Violence & Gore

  • Ron is shot while protecting Veronica. Very little blood is shown.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The Alarm Cock group's robbery scenes, the scene where Ron is shot, and the scene where the news team is stranded, all have the potential to upset very young children.

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