Bowling for Columbine (2002) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for some violent images and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Pictures of a swimsuit calendar as shown, with women posing provocatively, but no nudity.
  • A woman poses in a swimsuit holding a gun.
  • A teenager mentions that a movie included cleavage and nudity.
  • A brief close-up shot of the cover of Marilyn Manson's infamous "Mechanical Animals" album, where Manson has fake breasts and a genderless groin area, which are not very graphic.

Violence & Gore

  • Security video from the Columbine school shooting and related telephone call audio.
  • Extensive discussions about gun violence, as well as wars and large scale deaths.
  • Archival footage of actual killings using guns, including incidents of murder, suicide, and police action.
  • Archival footage and still photographs of political killings, assassinations, and killings during revolutions. This sequence also shows bombed out buildings and the second plane hitting the World Trade Center. There is a significant amount of blood in this footage, some of it in color.
  • War footage from Kosovo.
  • Audio tapes from the attacks on September 11, 2001 are heard, including the sound of gunfire.
  • A man killing himself via shotgun in his mouth.
  • Several sequences of cartoon violence.
  • A sequence mixes movie clips with archive footage of actual killings.
  • A 911 call from an elementary school shooting.

Profanity

  • 'Sh*t' is said three times.
  • 'Fag' is said three times in order to condemn its use.
  • 'H*ll' is said twice.
  • 'B*stard' is said once.
  • 'D*ck' is said twice.
  • 'F*ck' is said 5 times, once in a sexual context.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Extended discussions about a six-year-old boy who shot and killed another student at school.
  • People seen holding weapons
  • Some people may consider the archival shooting violence pictures, sound, and video clips to be difficult to experience.

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