What is Natural Born Killers about?
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Two traumatized lovers become serial murderers, their pulpy crime spree relentlessly glorified by a darkly satirical media.
Surreal, with dark satire. A late-night trip at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
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Natural Born Killers parents guide
For an R, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, brutal violence and frequent strong language.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Natural Born Killers scary?
- Only a little. Natural Born Killers has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Natural Born Killers?
- Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is Natural Born Killers rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated R, and it earns it: strong sex and nudity, brutal violence, and frequent strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byOliver Stone
StarringWoody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield
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