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Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events An angered man breaks through the kitchen door and handcuffs the screaming Norma to the kitchen table. Story of 9/11 hijacking: harrowing, not for kids. | © Common Sense Media. While the film can be gripping, it's also overlong and has an uneasy feel, since it mixes "popcorn thriller" elements with a real-life atrocity. A man begins to rape a woman, but her teenage son hits him over the head with an iron, when he (the rapist) regains consciousness about a minute later, the woman stabs him several times until he dies (very bloody). At the end of the episode Norman's dog gets run over by a car. This is by far the most disturbing/ horrific/ gruesome movie I have ever seen. To register log in to your EconEdLink account, or sign up for. | Characters are often murdered by stab wounds. Our ratings are based on child development best practices. Season 1 has a dark theme regarding an illegal sex trade. Does it seem respectful to the victims and survivors? Parents and caregivers: Set limits for violence and more with Plus. Invite your seventh grader to help choose the family's new car. The Motel Life (2006) is the debut novel by musician and writer Willy Vlautin.It tells the story of two brothers from Reno, Nevada, whose lives are thrown into turmoil following a tragic accident.It was made into a movie starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, and Dakota Fanning, and released in November 2013. That aside, the rest of the movie has an uneasy feeling. Financial Fitness for Life® contributes to strong skills and strong families. Please try again later. In yet another scene we see a fair few people smoking marijuana and drinking. It is fast and unexpected. Head chef Hemant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) inspects the staff and reminds them that the "guest is god." Abernathy is shot multiple times. A character has dissociative identity disorder. He comments upon their looks ("big nipples," etc.). Both men return separately to Reno. Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. Parents can spend as little or as much time as they have-and still see immediate and lasting results. Each episode is told as four short stories, one for each branch of the Short family. Plot Summary Many instances of people standing up to impossible odds, whether it's to save one small child or roomfuls of people. A character discovers that is parents are siblings. Frank adopts an abused, half-frozen dog he finds during a snowstorm. Plot Keywords. Spanish Version (PDF), Financial Fitness for Life: Parent's Guide - Grades K-5 MPAA: Rated R for sexual content, language, some nudity, brief violent images, and drug references: Certification: Australia:MA15+ (2014) Parents: Set preferences and get age-appropriate recommendations with Common Sense Media Plus. He is thrown to the ground and we see him with a bloody nose. It has marijuana through it and she is later seen high. [2], The novel was adapted into a film by Alan Polsky and Gabriel Polsky by the same name. In later scenes, marijuana is discussed. Why or why not? The wait, all 123 minutes of it, is unforgivably long, and the payoff isn't worth the effort. Spanish Version (PDF), © 2018 EconEdLink. Do they really work? © Common Sense Media. Marijauna plants are shown frequently and marijuana trade is a big part of the earlier season, The earlier seasons of the show have a lot to do with marijuana trade. We see the bloody body of a cop with his eye missing This is mentioned in conversations multiple times. She talks a lot and says she isn't feeling fun yet although then the scene stops. Characters behave badly in many ways, from being cruel to each other to stealing. Vlautin is clearly reaching back past Bukowski and the others to the granddaddy of all tragic road stories, that of Lenny and George in Of Mice and Men.". Language includes several uses of "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," and more. There is a small puddle of blood. The Tiger Rising Discussion Guide. Thank you for your support. A human corpse is often showed and treated if she was alive. What's the impact of media violence on kids? Later we see a man set the car on fire and it explodes. Arjun comes up with a plan to get everyone in the restaurant to the hotel's super-secret private club, while David decides to sneak back upstairs to try to rescue the baby. About the Book. He leaves $1,000 at the home of the dead teenager, sneaks Jerry Lee out of the hospital, and heads to the town of Elko, Nevada, to hide from the police. at the end of the episode we Norma walks into her room and sees a decaying body of Shelby with stitches up and down his body, an empty eye and the other eye falling out. Teens smoke marijuana. We see briefly blood come from the dog as the tire runs over it although none after that. We can see the cracked bone and flesh hanging from the hand. A main character is killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Wondering if Hotel Mumbai is OK for your kids? All rights reserved. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Financial Fitness for Life: Parent's Guide - Grades 6-12 Save resources, get recommended lessons, and exclusive content. We see a close up of the teens rolling marijuana and smoking it. Marijuana is discussed and shown throughout. Common Sense and other associated names and logos are trademarks of Common Sense Media, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (FEIN: 41-2024986). Do you think its goal is to thrill or to inform? Plot Keywords. What are the options? A character discovers that his parents are siblings. Common Sense's Parents' Ultimate Guides can help keep you up to date and answer your questions about all the latest titles and trends. While watching Hammer's character sneak around the opulent hallways, trying to avoid gunfire, it's easy to recall similar, popcorn-munching, shaky-cam thrillers and, at the same time, difficult to forget the actual tragedy that this situation is based on. A woman undresses for a shower; nothing graphic shown. Take your first grader grocery shopping. An angered man breaks through the kitchen door and handcuffs the screaming Norma to the kitchen table. He survives and lands in the hospital. But Jerry Lee's wounds are far from healed and he quickly becomes very sick. | Biting. A bit of drinking is shown, both socially in a restaurant and to pass the time while hiding (it's mostly expensive bottles of liquor). Join now. Large buckets, bags and boxes of marijuana are seen and teens and adults are shown rolling up and smoking joints. Brief. Married couple kisses. Teach This Lesson. Frank uses his winnings to buy a used car. How is it similar to, or different from, the violence in a more traditional thriller? 100x scarier than any horror movie. All of it’s cartoonish and exaggerated but still, expect blood. As she is bent over, he pulls out a razor and slices down the back part of her dress and begins to rape her. A man on the phone selects two women to be sent to his room for his later amusement/pleasure. Plus, by attempting to focus on a wide variety of characters, Maras winds up exploring none of them thoroughly, and each situation becomes a wince-inducing waiting game, sickly anticipating the next explosion or noisy burst of gunfire. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events