The Cider House Rules (1999) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexuality, nudity, substance abuse and some violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man and woman have sex on a beach. They kiss passionately and moan loudly while the man thrusts on top of her. They are both fully clothed.
  • (appears suddenly somewhat distant) A man walks out of a shower naked; his bare buttocks and, briefly, his genitals are visible.
  • We see Candy lying fully nude on a bed (and thus see her bare butt and part of the side of her bare breast). Homer then gets on the bed with her, but we don't see anything else happen (although it's implied that they continue with their sexual relationship).
  • Much of the film is based around abortions and children given up to an orphanage after birth there

Violence & Gore

  • Two men briefly fight with knives. One man's hand it cut and another has his jacket sliced.
  • We see a man covered in blood and he tells another man how he was stabbed. He then took his own knife and stabbed himself several more times. He later dies.
  • A girl is found very ill. We later learn that someone tried to perform an abortion on her with a crochet hook and hear a graphic description of her wounds. She later dies.
  • Several scenes show women having abortions, although nothing is explicitly shown.

Profanity

  • 1 use of Jesus, bastard, ass, n-word and oh my god 4 uses of hell 2 uses of sex, damn and oh god
  • Some mild profanity (hell, damn, GD

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The doctor ( Michael Caine ) is seen huffing ether and getting high.
  • Various characters smoke in several scenes and casually drink.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some scenes are emotionally intense. The topics of abortion, substance abuse and incest may be distressing to some.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • We learn that a woman is pregnant by her own father. Nothing explicit is ever seen or said.

Violence & Gore

  • A man overdoses on ether and dies. We see his hand smash a glass bottle and cut him, and we see some blood. The addiction to ether is related to pain relief in a more primitive medical era.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man is addicted to ether and is shown abusing it in several scenes. He later overdoses and dies.

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