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Blast from the Past | 1999 | PG-13 | - 2.2.5

After living in a fallout shelter his entire life, Brendan Fraser finally meets the real world -- and real girl Alicia Silverstone -- when his parents ask him to buy supplies for the next decade. Co-starring Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Dave Foley and Joey Slotnick.

SEX/NUDITY 2 - Sexual innuendo. A few kisses. A transvestite propositions a man. We see several women in cleavage-revealing tops and several women in bathing suits; one brief scene takes place in an adult book store and we see -- from a distance -- many scantily clad woman on video and magazine covers (no nudity is visible).

VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A jet crash-lands on a vacant house and we see it explode (no one is injured). We see a person vomit. A man clutches his chest and passes out; we see him recovering in bed in later scenes. In self defense, a man punches another three times. A man backs a truck into a car (no one is injured).

LANGUAGE 5 - 1 F-word, a few anatomical references, several scatological references, lots of mild obscenities and several insults.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - The Cold War, the 60s, nuclear weapons, religious groups.

MESSAGE - The world has changed a lot since the 60s -- for the better and for the worse.

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