The Last Picture Show (1971) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man and a woman have sex on a pool table.
  • Sex is common throughout the film, mostly including teenagers. The act is crudely represented, probably typical for the era.
  • A teenager has an affair with a middle-aged woman. They have sex in one scene.
  • An underage boy is seen swimming nude in a pool. His buttocks are seen very briefly.
  • A young woman removes her top and bra in a car with a young man, and the man puts his hand on her breast.
  • Male and female nudity is shown when characters go skinny dipping in a pool. Breasts, butts and female pubic hair are seen. Male frontal nudity is obscured by positioning. Female frontal nudity is more completely represented.
  • A man and a woman undress to their underwear and have sex. Nudity is not seen.
  • A man and a woman meet in a motel for sex -- she wants to lose her virginity. He undresses her and gets on top of her but apparently has an impotence problem. She gets up and we see her breasts and butt.

Violence & Gore

  • The film features a brief subplot where a small girl is kidnapped by a young man. Characters discuss the possibility that she was sexually abused.
  • A man has a bottle bashed against his head in a fight. There is some blood shown.
  • A person is hit by a truck. He is shown with a bleeding head.

Profanity

  • Kiss my a** is used.
  • 2 f-words.
  • Many uses of goddamn. A few uses of the word pussy.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several characters smoke and roll cigarettes. Several characters pass a bottle among them, or drink from hip flasks, or pour themselves whiskey into highball glasses.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

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