Some Like It Hot (1959) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Some Like It Hot - Family Review

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

1959 | 121 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.2 ⭐️ Votes: 269,391

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    During Daphne's 'Train Party' there are a lot of bare legs on display when all the girls decide to join in. All feet are also bare, and whilst fairly innocent today, these were body parts generally covered up in films made prior to the 1960s.

    Marilyn Monroe lies on top of Tony Curtis on a couch while they make out with each other

    As always, Marilyn Monroe is a very sexy character.

    Sex comes up in dialogue. It's played for laughs.

    A woman wears an outfit in which her breasts are pretty much completely bare.

    Scenes of two characters making out on a couch. Very sensual scene and some people cal It a clothed sex scene.

    Characters frequently scantily clad.

    Some sexual innuendo and play with sexual identity in the dialog.

    Humor is often based on sexual confusion and comic sexual situations

    Comic verbal innuendo

  • Violence
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    Three violent scenes. First is assassins lining up thugs and shooting them with machine guns. The second is one man shooting several others(the bloody aftermath is shown). Third is a car chase with people being shot.

    A car chase with cops and criminals. A couple people are shot in the head. Several cars crash and people shoot at each other for long periods of time.

    Most, if not all of the violence happens in the first half.

    A machine gun shooting of various characters. We see guns open fire one several people. A man with a bullet hole in his back is shot lots of times and we see his somewhat graphic corpse. Several people are shot before this. Read the other part of violence and gore to hear more.

  • Profanity
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    Some crass expressions.

  • Intense Scenes
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    The shootings are intense but more or less played for laughs.

    The saint Valentine's Day massacre may upset some viewers.

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