In the Name of the Father (1993) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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In the Name of the Father - Family Review

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

1993 | 133 Minutes

Rated R for language and politically-geneRated violence
IMDB: 8.1 ⭐️ Votes: 176,276

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    Gerry and a girl kiss exchanging the smoke of a marijuana cigar.

    Gerry's father, Giuseppe, is also seen naked in a brief moment. His bare buttocks are shown for a few seconds.

    Gerry is not nude he is in his underwear

    References to sexual acts are said throughout

    Gerry breaks into a woman's house where he finds a dildo

    Gerry is fully nude in a scene where he is being cleaned, his bare buttocks are shown, but he holds his hands over his genitals.

    Gerry and his friend stays where with a friend where he is the leader of an order they believe in free love

  • Violence
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    Gerry Conlon is tortured in order to get information about the IRA.

    Buildings are bombed.

    A prison guard is squirted with lighter fluid and then is set on fire. He stumbles around seeking help while prisoners watch him burn.

    Street riots are very violent in their nature.

    Prisoners think two men are part of the IRA and start beating them up, but prison guards stop the fight.

    The overall tone of the movie is violent.

  • Profanity
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    1 use of d-mn 2 uses of b-ll-cks 2 uses of bloody 3 uses of p-ss 1 use of sc-eaw.

    151 uses of the f-word 7 uses of sh-t 3 uses of pr-ck 23 uses of b-stard 2 uses of a-s 1 use of b-tch 3 uses of h-ll.

  • Intense Scenes
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    The prison and street violence are very intense.

    There are a few brief moments of the main character being tortured by the polic.

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