Dolores Claiborne (1995) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language and domestic abuse
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • The husband is shown forcing his daughter to masturbate him (hidden from view, but graphic in nature and very disturbing). A mother discovers her husband has been molesting their 13-year-old daughter.
  • A man's underwear is seen briefly.

Violence & Gore

  • A struggle at the top of some stairs results in an elderly lady tumbling down, and she is shown with a bloody mouth. A woman wrecks a kitchen looking for a weapon. Local kids taunt a woman and vandalize her house. A man hits a woman in the back with a piece of firewood. A woman hits a man in the head and his head bleeds. The man and woman threaten each other with death as one holds an ax. He chases her, drags her down and tries to choke her. A young girl cuts her neck with broken glass leaving bloody marks. A man falls into a well. The violence shown is not graphic.

Profanity

  • 6 f-words, 15 scatological terms, many moderate obscenities, and some obscene graffiti.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The character of the father is an alcoholic. He is shown consistently drinking and intoxicated. A young woman pervasively smokes cigarettes. She is shown frequently drunk and emotionally distraught.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • This is a very somber and depressing movie
  • An elderly woman throws herself down the stairs in an attempt to commit suicide.
  • A man abuses and slaps his wife.
  • In a very disturbing scene, a man forces his 13-year-old daughter to masturbate him. While we do not see the action itself happening, we see her hand being forced into his crotch while he tells her that she's his "nice girl" and to "do it just like I showed you." This scene is both unsettling and disturbing.

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