Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Some kissing and implied sex, no nudity.

  A man talks about how he stole a woman's panties

  A man and a woman kiss in several scenes, and a woman kisses a man on the cheek.

  Joel speaks of having lived with his previous girlfriend, and shares an apartment with Clem.

  Around 1:10, Joel and Clem go into a memory of Joel masturbating under a blanket, to a comic strip of a nude woman. We see the comic in detail and what he is doing under the blanket is certain.

• Violence

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  As children, bullies force Joel to pound a small animal with a hammer. The doctor's wife slugs Stan. Joel and Clem pretend to suffocate one another with a pillow.

  We see a memory flashback of other young kids pressuring Joel to hammer an apparently dead or injured pigeon in a wagon (it's not moving). He hits it several times and one of the kids then bends his arm backwards.

• Profanity

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  'B*tch' is said once.

  'P*ss' is said once.

  35 misuses of God's name.

  'H*ll' is said once.

  'D*mn' is said twelve times.

  'Godd*mn' is said three times.

  'God' said six times, 'Jesus' said seven times, and 'Jesus Christ' said once.

  25 f-words, 35 misuses of God's name (including 15 of "Jesus" and/or "Christ"), and more than a dozen s-words.

• Intense Scenes

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  The movie has some very loopy and confusing scenes, these may stress some viewers out.

  This film is extremely emotional and may move viewers to cry.

  A few intense arguments with yelling.