Re: Rob Roy

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: : I'm so glad you brought this up.
: : I fear I was quite remiss in recommending the movie without mentioning it.
: : The movie is rated R for "sexuality and violence".
: : There's only a bit of nudity, and I won't give it away, but I think most of the ladies here will appreciate it.

: Yeah ... no real biggie there, as far as movies go ...

: : There is significant "sexuality", mostly in the love scenes between our hero and his wife.  They're tender and not especially graphic, but parents may want view first.

: Again, though a bit uncomfortable - when viewing with young 'uns - nothing too graphic.

: : There's a lot of violence in the form of stabbing, hacking and shooting.

: LOTM, Braveheart, Gladiator ... many others ... all feature THAT! Again, no problem. Gore, for gores sake (sorry, Al) can be a negative, but what I call "historically justified" blood & guts is, in my opinion, another story.

: :  Including what many, including some in the business, consider the best movie sword fight ever.

: Count me among that group! GREAT scene!

: :  I'm sure any adult Mohicanite can handle it.  But again, parents first.  We're not talking about Zorro carving a 'Z' on Sergeant Garcia here.
: : Now for the big problem, one of violence of a sexual sort:  There is a molestation scene (no nudity) which is crude and intended to be.  More to the point, there is a rape scene.  It is brief, but shocking in it's brutality.  The brutality isn't so much a matter of what you see as in the almost casual use of rape as a weapon of war.  It especially comes as a shock if you're watching the movie for the first time with your nine year old (at the time) son without any forewarning that there is such a scene, as was the case with me.  A quick grab for the remote, but it was an uncomfortable moment.

: This is a POWERFUL scene. One of the all-time best. It is graphic, then again, NOT so. I brushed it off to my little ones' questions by saying, "he's bending her arms," or some other such foolishness.

: This scene is unnerving, and not one I'd recommend having kids watch, but even this is not what really disturbed me about this film. It was the crude, and I do mean CRUDE, (though FUNNY!) comments tossed about regarding certain things I can't go into here during this family show. It's the language, plus a brief sequence between Brian Cox's character & the maid, that really gets to me.

: Again, all in the context of watching with children. I love the film.

: : So consider yourself forewarned.

: Yep!

: : The scene is dramatically and artistically justified, and is an integral part of the story, but it makes the film problematic for younger viewers.

: Wholeheartedly agree!


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