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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A woman accidently sees a man bathing outdoors. No nudity is shown but it is implied that she is seeing him naked. Visible is the man's upper and lower torso.

Violence & Gore

  • Some flashbacks from a Vietnam Veteran about his time in the war.
  • Several people are shot and killed in a gunfight during the Vietnam war. No blood is seen.

Profanity

  • Some uses of the word shit, damn and ass.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several men drink beer at a picnic.
  • A drunk man stumbles into a grocery store and demands alcohol. He is offered coffee instead. Wine and beer are also mentioned.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man has an old but very visible scarring pattern on his face. Some viewers may find it frightening.

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Violence & Gore

  • A man is hit with a booby trap and impaled with a wooden bolt. There is some blood on his shirt and the bolt.
  • A little girl is killed. A very small amount of blood on her temple is seen.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • On two occasions we see a man distraught and haunted by the loss of a beloved character and his memories of fighting in the Vietnam War, drowns his sorrows in alcohol.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man angrily spits food out in the face of a child. She screams and cries.
  • A man tries to save a child from a booby trap and takes the full damage of a wooden bolt into the side of his ribcage. There is some blood. The man later dies off screen.
  • Some soldiers are shooting at a straw structure where someone is shooting back at them. An RPG is used and the enemies are killed in a fiery explosion. It is clear that innocent children were inside and also killed.
  • A little girl, a main character in this story, runs into a booby trap and triggers a grenade. The explosion is loud and the little girl is killed. Her dead body is shown as others cry in anguish. There is very little blood, but the scene is traumatic and heartbreaking.

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