The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Upsetting scenes, rather than bloody/gory ones. A man prepares to shoot his son in the head with a shotgun; the son urinates in his pants (viewers see yellow snow), and the father lets him go. A woman puts honey on herself to attract ants; viewers see them crawling in and out of her underwear. One man tries to wake another he thinks is drunk (he's actually dead) by urinating at length on his face. A man with a degenerative disease dies, and his son and wife lie in bed with the body.

Brief sexual scenes, including a couple making out feverishly against a wall before falling into bed together; a teen boy hears his mother having sex with several men and sees them fondling her (part of one nipple is very briefly visible); teens tell sexual stories that refer to female body parts and acts ("f---ing," "t-ts," "ass"); women are seen in lingerie.

Language includes "f--k," "f---ing," "a--hole," "bastard," "hell," "goddamn," "ass" (referring to the body part), "p---y" (referring to sex in general), "bulls--t," "jerk-off," "poophead," "c--k," "t-ts," "d--k."

Multiple characters drink beer, cocktails, and liquor. Multiple characters (including teens) smoke cigarettes. In one vignette, characters take LSD and psychedelic mushrooms (and make a fatal error).

Parents need to know that The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards is a collection of vignettes based on the same-named short story collection by Robert Boswell. While there isn't much in the way of gory violence, some of the subjects and characters are quite dark and upsetting: a slowly dying parent, vicious bullies, an accidental death, a man who tries to kill his son with a shotgun. Other unusual, sometimes-brutal imagery includes a woman putting honey on her body to attract ants (viewers see them crawling in and out of her underwear) and a man trying to wake another he thinks is drunk (he's actually dead) by urinating on his face. Brief sexual scenes include a couple kissing against a wall and then in bed and a woman being fondled by multiple men (her nipple is partially visible very briefly). Teen boys also describe made-up sexual scenes with vulgar words for sex and body parts. Language is frequent and includes multiple uses of "f--k," plus "a--hole," "bastard," "goddamn," "p---y," and more. Several characters (including teens) smoke cigarettes and drink, and 20-somethings drink heavily and take LSD and psychedelic mushrooms, which leads to an accidental killing.

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