Walk the Line (2005) Poster

(2005)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • The main character, a married man, kisses a woman who is not his wife.
  • The title character is met by a young woman back stage after a show. They flirt and then begin kissing.
  • A singer is shown being affectionate with young female groupies several times.
  • A married man and a woman who is not his wife lie in bed together. He wears a tank top and she wears a slip. The scene is a couple minutes long. The assumption is that they've already slept together; in this scene they are laughing and teasing each other; they kiss and she lies down across him to reach something on the stand on the other side of him.

Violence & Gore

  • One man holds another man at gunpoint with a shotgun to make him leave.
  • We see cloths stained with blood in a pan and on a boy's chest in a hospital (he was injured by a saw in a mill); the boy breathes irregularly and dies.
  • A man and a woman fight: the woman takes a picture away from him and runs, the man chases her, the woman hits the man repeatedly, he holds her on the floor and yells at her, and their children see them fighting and cry.
  • A man appears to be drunk, he comes home angry, he throws things and speaks abusively to his young son.
  • A man pounds his head against a wall, he throws a table, he pulls a sink off the wall (water sprays) and breaks a guitar against a wall.
  • A woman throws empty bottles at men sitting on a stage drunk (no one appears injured).
  • A man and a woman hold guns on a man, and the man runs away.
  • A movie shows a man fighting with prison guards.

Profanity

  • 'Fuck' is said once.
  • 'Shit' is said five times.
  • 'Damn it' is said at least twice.
  • 'Hell' is said four times, including three times in a religious context.
  • 'Ass' is said.
  • 'Damn' is said three times.
  • 'Son of a bitch' is said twice.
  • A song is sung that mentions using cocaine.
  • 3 anatomical terms, 1 derogatory term for African-Americans, 2 religious exclamations.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Johnny takes black pills multiple times and we see how it affects him
  • An unknown man who's possibly known as a drug dealer shows up to Johnny's lake cabin house to try to sell him drugs but he's forced to leave because Johnny is recovering.
  • A woman mentions that her husband goes out to drink every Saturday night.
  • A man takes drugs in many scenes and it is implied that he has developed an addiction.
  • Several men drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and take drugs (it is not clear what type).
  • A man buys drugs from a man on the street and from a man in a car.
  • Several men sit around on a stage and drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, and one man falls off his chair.
  • People drink beer in many scenes.
  • A man chews tobacco and spits.
  • Several men smoke cigarettes in many scenes.
  • A woman smokes a cigarette.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man collapses on stage while performing.
  • A few emotionally intense scenes during discussions between people.
  • The death of a young boy, and the emotionally outbursts immediately after are intense.
  • At one scene you can see a man and a woman fighting, there is punches and lots of screams, the scene occurs as their children are watching.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Johnny has an abusive father who thinks very little of him and his interest in music. He openly says how much he wishes Johnny had died instead of his brother.

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