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Most F-bombs ever in a PG-13 movie?


I think yes.

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Gunner Palace had 42.

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but that doesn't count though. That movie was PG-13 on appeal.

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I have to admit I was surprised by the amount of profanity in this film. I think the trivia section was exaggerating a bit. I counted only 4 uses of the F-word, but one of its uses was in a sexual context, which is supposedly forbidden in a PG-13 movie. But aside from the F-bombs, the word G--damn was used pervasively. The MPAA must've been a lot less strict back in 1992 (or whenever the film was released). I mean, "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" received an R-rating, and that was practically a kiddie film. From my standpoint, I still don't think "Hero" should've gotten an R-rating. It's just being an avid movie watcher for so long, I know the MPAA's rules like the back of my hand, and I was just taken by surprise.

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Have you seen Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion? There a lot of f bombs in that movie!

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This movie would have been Rated R today. This is back in the day when MPAA was less strict.

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The Song Remains The Same the concert movie from Led Zeppelin has a scene where the manager goes ballistic on a person and uses quite a bit of profanity. Lots of f bombs and that was PG, however it was 1976..

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I didn't think the film was particularly memorable, but the language was all in context.

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Romy and Michele was R, but feels closer to PG-13.

Light movies containing only a few f words shouldn't be rated R.

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I think most of the MPAA were asleep while Hero was going through the ratings process. Yes, I agree this film probably holds the record for the most f-bombs in cinematic history. A little trivia: Running On Empty was given an R rating originally in 1988 because of the scene where the dad says the f-word less than 5 times. ROM was successfully changed on an appeal to a PG-13. Terms Of Endearment was also originally given the R rating in 1983 due to language and that film didn't contain any f-bombs. Terms was successfully changed on an appeal from an R to a PG. Although when Terms was released to theaters in Nov 1983, the PG-13 was about 8 months away to being used by the MPAA. Hero is a good film, I have and own thousands of movies and was even surprised that Hero wasn't given an R due to strong language. Also, it was funny they used that word in a sexual context quite a few times throughout the picture. I can't believe the MPAA didn't catch on to that.

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Terms of Endearment does contain the F word three times.

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A Family Thing has four f-bombs.

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