Summary
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Crude Language: Several (6) times mild (damn 1); moderate (wh-re 1, h-rny 1); strong (-ss 1, b-tch 1, SOB 1)
Obscene Language: Many (53) times strong (f-word 51, d-ck 1, other 1)
Profanity: Several (9) times moderate (G 1, good L 1); strong (J 4, C1, JC 1, C-sake 1)
Violence: Several times mild (fake blood used to make magic trick look like woman sawed in half); moderate (retarded boy killed in explosion, IRA sympathizers set fire to club and shoot man point blank, man suffers brutal police beating, priests house set on fire by townspeople, gun threats, fighting, male prostitute almost choked to death by customer)
Sex: Few times moderate (flashback of priest having sex with maid with no nudity)
Nudity: Few times moderate (dancers in strip club with uncovered buttocks and breasts)
Sexual Dialogue/Gesture: Several times (Irish Catholic considers abortion, boy expelled from school for writing sexually explicit essay, priest leads dialogue with adolescent boys about their sexuality)
Drugs: Several times mild (musicians drink heavily); moderate (bikers offer pot to teenager)
Other: Empathy for boy who from early childhood wanted to be female, was not accepted by his family and searches for biological mother; true friend accepts misfit exactly as he is; priest refuses to face responsibility for sexual relationship; magician hypnotizes subject and makes a fool of him in public.
Running Time: 129 minutes
Intended Audience: Adults
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