Gran Torino - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Some sexual references and references to rape

  In the background of a scene, a man looks at a picture of a scantily-clad woman. Very brief and not too noticeable.

• Violence

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  Nothing super graphic, but there is gang related violence periodically

  A group or men appear to be about to rape a young woman, however they are stopped.

  A character trips over and blood is seen on the floor.

  A man occasionally coughs up blood due to illness.

  A beaten and bruised woman is shown. It is later said she was raped. The act is never shown.

  A man is burned in the cheek with a lit cigarette by a gang of thugs.

  A gang drive-by shooting riddles a house and one character is wounded in the neck.

  A man is dragged out of his house and he is kicked and punched. You can see bruises and he is bleeding. He is then held up at gunpoint.

  Most of the violence occurs offscreen and when we do see it, it is dark and most of the visuals can be missed.

• Profanity

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  Slurs for African Americans, Italians, Poles, Hispanics, Jews, Indians, Asians and LGBT people are heard throughout the movie.

  71 "F" words (1 used sexually, 4 used with "mother"), 23 shits, 9 slang terms using male genitals ("d*ck" and "pr*ck"), 6 using female ones ("p*ssy"), 23 asses (1 used with "hole"), 12 hells, 8 S.O.B.s, 2 damns, 7 uses each of "Goddamn" and "Jesus Christ," 5 of "Jesus," 2 each of "For Christ's sakes" and "God," and 1 use each of "Christ," "Jesus, Mary and Joseph" and "Lord Almighty."

• Intense Scenes

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  The main character is slightly racist due to ptsd, reluctantly though he is intent on helping others.

  The film can be intense throughout due to the fear that violence will erupt or characters may be hurt in stand-off, gang-related scenes.

  The scene on the lawn is quite intense.

  Several scenes of characters pointing guns at each other as well as some scenes of shootings.