Amores Perros (2000) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Amores Perros - Family Review

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

2000 | 154 Minutes

Rated R for violence/gore, language and sexuality
IMDB: 8.1 ⭐️ Votes: 241,582

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    A couple nude photos and paintings of women are seen in the background of a couple shots.

    One sex scene shows bare breasts, kissing, and breast-groping.

    A character rapes his wife violently and for a second you can see her pubic region and her vagina.

    At least two sex scenes with little to nothing shown. In another scene the sounds of sex are clearly heard through a wall, though nothing shown.

    A man lifts up a woman's skirt while holding her close to him. A man & a woman make out in front of a baby.

  • Violence
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    A man headbutts a cashier in the face, giving him a bloody nose.

    A gun is pointed at a dog's head.

    A dog gets shot in the stomach in the midst of a dog fight.

    A man stabs another man in the stomach. The stabbing and gory wound are visible.

    A hitman holds a pistol to his tied-up, gagged victim's head; the victim is shown sweating in fear.

    A man gets kidnapped at a grocery store and then beaten to a bloody pulp by a group of men.

    Stitch marks are briefly visible on a woman's broken leg at a hospital.

    There is a very intense car chase during which there is a wounded dog in the back seat. The dogs bloody wound can be seen clearly. It is disturbing.

    A man is shot in the chest.

    A very violent car crash; the crash is shown multiple times. A woman can be seen pressed against the window of her car as she is screaming and many of her appendages are clearly broken; she is later pulled out of the car. The aftermath is shown with great detail and it is disturbing and graphic. A man is pulled out of his car; he has a broken leg, there is blood everywhere, and he screams in agony. His passenger is dead, with his face covered in blood.

  • Profanity
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    Excessive Spanish profanities all throughout the film. Uses of Spanish equivalents of "Fuck", "Shit", "Bastard", "Asshole", among others are used. There are also some homosexual slurs ("Faggot")

  • Intense Scenes
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    The scenes of dogs fighting are intense and may upset animal lovers.

    The car crash is very intense.

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