Parents need to know that this film includes scenes showing a counselor's attempted seduction of his teenaged charge (the older man takes photos of the boy and asks him to take off his shirt). Characters use strong language (frequent use of "f--k," slang for male and female genitals), drink and smoke cigarettes (a 12-year-old girl smokes with her classmate). Flashbacks show the protagonist in sexual situations with women who are not his wife (including brief nudity). When a young girl is called a "Camel toe," the film includes an insert shots to illustrate the reference (as well as a real camel's foot, to pound home the point). The film is focused on family tensions, so many scenes show arguments and resentments. The grandfather is dying, so the film includes several scenes in the hospital. A character points an arrow at his wife's new boyfriend. Several men fight with one another, drawing blood.
Positive messages:Selfish, unhappy characters; children feeling abandoned by their squabbling parents; lessons learned, eventually.
Violence:Fights between men include punches and bloody faces.
Sex:Sexual scenes show breasts and adulterous activity; a man tries to seduce a teenaged boy by having him pose for pictures with his shirt off.
Language:Heavy use of the f-word (over 50 instances), slang for genitals, "damn," "ass."
I was absolutely appalled while watching this movie. I coudn't believe Nicholas Cage would agree to be in such a BAD movie!!! The only reason I kept watching was because I was hoping it might get better as it went along; but no luck! It went straight in the trash can afterward!
For the first part of this show I was puzzled by the main characters behavior. He was so stupid and out of touch with everyone and everything around him. I found him offensive, especially when he was interacting with his daughter.
The director brilliantly takes this pathetic character and some how brings him level with the audience. Which made me very uncomfortable that I could be this man.
I hated the show while I was actively involved with the Weatherman but found myself thinking about Nicholas Cages' character after words, for more than a week.
The only other show that has affected me this way was The Tenet by Roman Polanski. A brilliant movie that takes the viewer into a very dark place.
Nicholas Cage says Fu-k more than 40 times, lots of sexual content including nudity, the daughter is smoking at 12, the brother almost gets raped by a creepy mentor person, the family just doenst get along at all, I would say that 16 to 17 year olds would be able to handle this movie definately nobody younger.