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(2011)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for an intense accident sequence and some thematic material
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A husband and wife kiss.
  • A man wears nothing but a hospital gown.
  • Cleavage is seen while surfing.
  • Throughout the movie we see teenage girls, boys and men and women in bathing suits, including teenage girls wearing bikinis (with bare abdomens and cleavage exposed), tight surf shorts and small bikini bottoms and bikini tops and short shorts.
  • A teenage girl takes off and changes her bikini while three women surround her holding up towels; we see no nudity.
  • A teenage girl jokes with another teenage girl that a bikini top is very small and could be used as an eye patch.

Violence & Gore

  • A shark jumps out of the water and bites a teenage girl's arm. Blood is shown in the water. As she is pushed to the shore, a trail of blood follows (no tissue or bone is shown). A shirt wrapped around her arm becomes soaked with blood and she turns pale and is about to pass out.
  • A doctor unwraps her shoulder showing a row of inflamed red stitches where her arm was (no blood is visible).
  • Her friend experiences a nightmare where she believes a shark is about to attack her; she wakes up screaming and is comforted by her father.
  • Two teenage girls on surfboards ride close to one another, and one of the teenage girls shoves the other off her board and into the water (she is unharmed).
  • A teenage girl turns her head and vomits (the vomit is shown coming from her mouth and hear the noise as it hits sand and water).

Profanity

  • No profanity. Oh my gosh is said but not God.
  • 2 religious exclamations.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A few mildly emotionally intense scenes, that include crying or yelling.
  • The shark attack scene is very intense, with loud music, and chaotic film-work. Bethany also puked up blood after getting her arm ripped off.Can see lots of bloods pouring out rapidly from where her arm was eaten off.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Bethany goes with her church group on a mission trip to Thailand, where many are recovering from the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami; many have lost relatives, and some can be seen hurt or crying.

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