Sex or Nudity
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lmair — 17 years ago(March 24, 2009 01:50 PM)
Is there any in this film? My son wants to watch it but I don't allow that stuff.
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AsaNisiMasa_63 — 17 years ago(March 31, 2009 10:22 PM)
That's exactly what I was gonna say, at first. But its very violent. I think I see where you're getting at, though; watching a sex scene with family is a lot harder and awkward than a head being severed. The kids gotta learn about the birds and the bees someday, why not a CRASH course with Cronenberg:
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Ezreal — 16 years ago(May 04, 2009 01:25 AM)
And to give you a non-judgmental reply, the film has absolutely no sex or nudity. Tons of violence, mild language, but no nudity. It's a great way to introduce your son to Cronenberg without having to explain some of his kinks that pop up in most of his films.
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sweiland75 — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 01:35 AM)
If all you're going to do is comment about how it is ok to see heads explode, but not ok to see boobs, don't comment.
Your son will grow up to become a rapist.
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jutuomin — 16 years ago(September 30, 2009 03:08 AM)
In Finland this film has been reviewed 4 times already by the Valtion elokuvatarkastamo, which is a professional and official board that rates movies.
The number at the end means the age to which aged children the movie is not harmful.
So a movie being K3 isn't necessarily a childrens' movie. It is just not harmful to children that are 3 years old (and older).
The possible stamps they have (today's situation) is K3, K7, K11, K13, K15 and K18.
For others you can see the film when with an adult if you are 2 years or less younger than the stamp. K18 is an exeption and you need to 18 years old to see that movie.
The board is gathered from media and childcare experts so I'd say their opinion is usually quite good.
Here are how this board have reviewed the Scanners over years:
Jul 27th 1981: K18
Apr 12th 1990: K18
Nov 22nd 1996: K15 (The Offical Ruling)
Nov 11th 2000: K16
So now the Scanners have K15 rating. In the official ruling there were 2 opinions that said it should be K18 and two that said it should be K15 while the other reviews have been unanimous.
So my opinion is this:
For sure there is no nudity in this film, but unless your child is 13 years old or older I wouldn't recommend him this movie.