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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for some violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A woman accuses another woman of "coming on" to her husband.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is shot - no blood is seen.
  • A woman slaps her son for skipping school.

Profanity

  • Religious names are called out twice, once while swearing, and once that might be inferred as calling religious belief into play. No other profanity.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Alcohol is consumed by a couple of the characters.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The entire plot revolves around the main character gradually going blind and having her son share the same fate if she cannot afford his operation.

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Violence & Gore

  • A man is shot in the stomach but it is hard to see, then he asks for Selma to kill him and she does.
  • A character is shot a few times (some blood is shown); he is also then bludgeoned to death by another character using a metal box.
  • A character is hanged, in a long, detailed, and emotional scene.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A woman in prison waits to be hanged. The whole procedure is long and detailed, and the execution scene is very tense.
  • The final musical number is sung by a woman in a noose and we do not know if she will be hanged or not until she suddenly is in the middle of singing a verse.

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