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Matthew McConaughey in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Parents guide

The Lincoln Lawyer

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for some violence, sexual content and language

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Moderate
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Moderate
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
55 of 135 found this mild
A man tells a filled courtroom that he had paid a woman for sex, and then describes how the woman was "fulfilled" after he had sex with her.
On multiple occasions we hear men and women discussing how a woman is a prostitute, as well as a woman discussing in a crowded courtroom that she has sex for money.
A man crudely tells another man how he had sex with a woman for money, then described how he had wiped his genitals on a towel that was later found with seminal fluid on it.
A woman angrily asks a man if he was just trying to "get in her pants."
A woman tells a man that she had a male client after the man asks the woman if she had been arrested for prostitution.
We see a man pulling up his pants (no nudity is visible).
A man jokingly asks another man, "How's it hanging?" and the man responds, "Slightly to the left."
We see a woman wearing a bra and a short, lace skirt dancing suggestively on a man's lap, with her cleavage in his face, and they have a discussion where he asks her how much it would cost for him to buy her as a prostitute.
A group of women are seen parading in front of men while wearing lingerie (cleavage and bare torsos are visible) as we hear that the women are prostitutes.
The main plot of the movie is tracking down a sexual predator, and the evidence of his crimes are shown with sexual images and flashbacks. Women prostitutes are seen at nightclubs in low-cut tops and short skirts, lightly kissing and caressing male customers- to tempt them into sex. No nudity.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
38 of 56 found this moderate
Flashbacks show an unknown male rapist assualting a woman by hitting, kicking, dragging, and slamming her around. Furniture smashes, vodka bottles break over people's heads, and people are beaten.
A woman is shown afterward, with some brusies and cuts on her face.
A gang roughs up an unsavory character by kicking him and whacking him with baseball bats to hospitalize him.
A older woman shoots a man, he shoots her back.
The dead body of a man is briefly seen, blood seen slightly around his head.
Through a informative flashback, woman's corpse was seen being stabbed repeatedly though briefly

Profanity

Moderate
34 of 66 found this moderate
GD used at least once.
Use name Jesus.
5 uses of "fuck". Many uses of "shit", "ass", "asshole", etc. GD is also used some.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Moderate
33 of 56 found this moderate
Drinking throughout. Mention of drugs.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
30 of 53 found this moderate
The last half of the movie gets intense.
Several discussions of mutilation and attacks on women that may disturb.
Talk of rape throughout.

Certifications

  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • M
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • 14AOntario
  • Denmark
    • 11
  • Finland
    • K-12
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Hungary
    • 16
  • India
    • Aself-applied
  • Ireland
    • 15A
  • Israel
    • ALL
  • Italy
    • TDVD
  • Japan
    • G
  • Malaysia
    • 18
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Norway
    • 11cinema rating
  • Philippines
    • PG-13MTRCB
  • Poland
    • 16
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Singapore
    • PG
    • PG13TV rating
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 15
  • Spain
    • 12
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Switzerland
    • 14canton of Geneva
    • 14canton of Vaud
  • Taiwan
    • 12+
  • Turkey
    • 13+
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
  • United States
    • Rcertificate #46645
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 15+self-applied

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