The Sting - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  It's strongly implied, a Carousel house is a cover for a brothel.

  It also implied that the owner of the Carousel house and Henry are in a relationship.

  A woman with no more than nipple covers on top greats Hooker and a girl Hooker, but she is only shown for a second and only shown from the side and back, not the front. Another "stripper" is shown with pasties so large that they cover her entire breasts.

  It's implied that a man and a woman sleep together.

  Some early scenes take place at a brothel. No sex or nudity is shown.

  A woman does a strip tease as part of a vaudeville routine, eventually wearing lingerie.

• Violence

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  A man is shot in the back while running away.

  Very little blood. Some people get busted lips or noses from fights

  Several fistfights and people being punched in the face or stomach.

  A few scenes of guns being fired at people. These generally miss but in one case a man is shot.

  A character gets shot in the forehead. Brief blood spurt.

• Profanity

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  The main villan is referred to as "The Big Mick" due to his Irish heritage.

  19 uses of 'Hell' 6 uses of 'Damn' (5 with 'God') 4 uses of 'Shit' 3 uses of 'Son of a bitch' 3 uses of 'Jesus' 2 uses of 'Bastard' 2 uses of 'Christ' 2 uses of 'Ass' 2 uses of 'Crap' and 1 use of 'screw'

  5 religious exclamations, ten uses of words phrases such as "hell" or "bastard".

  The word "nigger" is used three times in reference to black men, used once as a description of a white person who has black friends, i.e., "nigger lover," and another being used by an African American man to describe himself.

• Intense Scenes

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  A male character is shot in the street abruptly.

  There is an intense sequence at the end after two men appear to be shot.