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Nowhere Special | 2020 | NR | – 1.3.5
Why is “Nowhere Special” rated NR? The MPAA has not rated this film. The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a discussion of teen pregnancy, discussions of child abandonment, eggs being thrown at windows, scenes of a man with a terminal illness becoming weaker over time, scenes of a man and his young son visiting potential adoptive parents, a few arguments, and about 5 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.
When he is diagnosed with an illness that will end his life in a few months, and abandoned by his wife, a 35-year-old man (James Norton) struggles with making his final plans and finding a new family for his 3-year-old son (Daniel Lamont). Also with Carol Moore and Valene Kane. Directed by Uberto Pasolini. [Running Time: 1:36]
Nowhere Special SEX/NUDITY 1
– A woman talks about becoming pregnant at the age of 16 and giving the child up for adoption, saying that she never got over it.
► A teen girl wears a low-cut top that reveals cleavage. A young boy sits in a tub with bubbles covering him to the waist; we see his partial chest and back.
Nowhere Special VIOLENCE/GORE 3
– A man throws eggs at the windows of a house and car windshield belonging to a man that was unpleasant to him.
► We understand that a man has a terminal illness and we see him taking medications at home and in a hospital with other patients in a few scenes; the man appears to be getting weaker as time passes and his face becomes more ashen. A man tries to walk a straight line in a road and becomes unsteady; he becomes angry and kicks his car three times (denting it) before stumbling back and breathing heavily. A man climbs a ladder and winces in pain at the top; another man reprimands him and tells him he’s not paying him to sleep on the job and they have a brief argument when he finishes washing a window. A man climbs a ladder part way to the top and seems too weak to go the rest of the way. A man’s hand shakes when he tries to pour a glass of juice.
► A man explains death and dying to his young son and later prepares a memory box for the boy to help him remember him after he dies. A man meets with potential adoptive families and social services in many scenes trying to find the right fit for his young son. A man describes how another man’s young son would grow up if he lived with them and says that he would not be Molly coddled. A woman says that a young boy was not nice to her daughter and that he didn’t feel like playing.
► A young boy asks his father where his mother is and the father tells him that she had to go away, far, far away. A man talks about the mother of his 3-year-old son having left shortly after the child was born and returned to Russia. A man is given a book to use to help him tell his son about death. A man struggles with guilt over leaving his son alone when he dies. A postal delivery person complains about dogs attacking him on his route and shows his ankle where a dog bit him (we do not see the wound). A woman describes feeling like a failure as a woman because she is unable to have children. A man asks if he is supposed to tell his young son “that he will be in heaven sitting next to God.” A woman describes believing that loved ones that are dead are still always with her “in the air.” A young boy asks a woman when she is going to die. A young boy asks his father what “adopt” means. A young boy becomes upset and cries when he can’t wear his favorite pajamas because they are in the wash; he throws toys out of his room and eventually is shown wearing his dirty PJs and coloring with his father.
► A man vomits in a toilet, we see goo and he spits a few times. A young boy finds a dead beetle on the ground and his father tries to explain what it means to be dead. A man uses a nit comb in his son’s hair and counts how many nits he finds; the first time was five and the next time the man finds none and the boy says, “They’re all dead.” A young boy pushes cereal out of his bowl and onto the table even after his father tells him not to. A young boy draws on his arm with a magic marker to look like his tattooed father.
Nowhere Special LANGUAGE 5
– About 5 F-words, 2 scatological terms, name-calling (Molly coddled, useless, bloody menace, mate, uppity, you’re old, rude), exclamations (good luck, cheers), 6 religious exclamations (e.g. oh my God, God forbid, oh God, God, a man and his young son say a prayer at bedtime, Amen). | profanity glossary |
Nowhere Special SUBSTANCE USE
– A man takes prescription medication for a terminal illness (we don’t know what the meds are). A man is given a beer in a pub, and a man at a pub drinks a beer and complains about a wasted day.
Nowhere Special DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Adoption, foster parenting, parenting, death of a parent, child abandonment, fear, guilt, regret, love, weakness.
Nowhere Special MESSAGE
– Life doesn’t always work out the way you want it to.
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