Junior Rasmussen
The 2001 romantic comedy The Wedding Planner starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey is rated PG-13 due to language, sexual humor, and sexual content. The film includes strong and graphic language, including one use of the f-word and scattered uses of milder profanities. It also contains comic drunkenness and a character's alcohol abuse played for laughs. In addition, there is a scene involving a nude male statue with a broken appendage that is depicted fairly graphically and is the subject of light jokes.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Rating | PG-13 |
| Reason for Rating | Language and some sexual humor |
| Runtime | 103 minutes |
| Strong Language | One "f--k" and scattered lesser words |
| Drunkenness | Comic drunkenness and a character's alcohol abuse is played for laughs |
| Sexual Content | Discussion of a young boy asking about a woman's anatomy; medical pictures of female genitalia seen in the background in a doctor's office; extended scene involving a couple accidentally breaking off a statue's penis and their repair attempt; woman about to marry fears having to sexually commit to one man; 2 brief homosexual remarks/situations |
| Violence | A minor accident sends a garbage dumpster careening down a street toward a woman; one scene features some friendly roughhousing between grown men |
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Sexual humour
The 2001 romantic comedy "The Wedding Planner" is rated PG-13 for "some sexual humour" and "language". The film includes several instances of sexual humour, including:
- A scene where the main character Mary (Jennifer Lopez) and her love interest Steve (Matthew McConaughey) accidentally knock over a nude male statue, breaking off its genitals. The pair then attempt to glue the statue's genitals back on, and they become stuck to Steve's hand.
- A scene where Mary's former beau appears, and she gets drunk to avoid him.
- A scene involving a naked male statue with a broken appendage.
- Discussion of a young boy (now an adult) asking about a woman's anatomy.
- Medical pictures of female genitalia seen in the background in a doctor's office.
- Two brief homosexual remarks/situations.
- Infidelity is discussed.
The film also includes moderate/mild profanities throughout, including one possible sexual expletive, four moderate profanities, twelve mild profanities, and twenty terms of deity used as profanities or expletives.
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Language
The Wedding Planner is rated PG-13 for language and some sexual humour. The film contains "one possible sexual expletive", "4 moderate profanities", "12 mild profanities", and "20 terms of deity used as profanities or expletives".
The film's language includes the words "hell", "bastard", "ass", "crap", "goddamn", and "shit". There is also one use of the word “fuck". The term "retarded" is used as a self-deprecating insult.
The film's sexual humour includes an extended scene involving a naked male statue with a broken appendage, which is superglued to a character's hand. There are also two brief homosexual remarks/situations.
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Alcohol use
The 2001 romantic comedy "The Wedding Planner" is rated PG-13 by the MPAA due to its alcohol use, sexual content, language, and sexual humor.
Alcohol is consumed by adults at weddings and during meals. Wine and champagne are visible at weddings and during meals, and cocktails are sometimes consumed during workplace meetings. The movie contains a few brief-but-comical scenes of drunken behavior. For example, Mrs. Donolly constantly has a bottle of wine in tow, which is played for laughs. Mary, the protagonist, gets drunk and struggles to get into her apartment after seeing her ex-fiancé with his pregnant wife. Dr. Steve, a love interest of Mary's, recommends a beer the next morning to help with her hangover.
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Nudity
The Wedding Planner contains several instances of sexual innuendo and references to male and female genitalia. The film features a few occurrences of mild kissing, as well as a scene in which a woman grabs her clothed breasts to adjust them in her dress. There is also a scene where a woman straddles a man while riding a horse in a way that appears sexual.
The film includes an extended scene involving a nude male statue with a broken appendage. The statue's genitals are seen several times, and at one point, a character accidentally pulls them off and holds them in his hand, prompting jokes. Additionally, there is a reference to a woman having a tattoo in an inappropriate place.
The film also includes discussions of a young boy (now an adult) asking about a woman's anatomy and features medical pictures of female genitalia seen in the background in a doctor's office.
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Violence
The Wedding Planner is rated PG-13 due to some depictions of violence, although the movie features no real violence. The film does, however, show a man pushing a woman out of the way of an oncoming trash dumpster, a horse running out of control, and two people accidentally breaking a statue.
The film's violence is relatively tame, but it does include some minor accidents and instances of roughhousing. In one scene, a car accident leads to a chance meeting but results in no real injuries. There is also a scene of friendly roughhousing between grown men. Overall, the film's depiction of violence is not intense or graphic, and it is suitable for viewers aged 13 and above.
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