"Hitting Below the Belt"
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What You Need To Know:
GRUDGE MATCH stars Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro as two retired boxers from Pittsburgh, Henry “Razor” Sharp and Billy “The Kid” McDonnen. Each boxer scored a victory against their rival, but Henry decided not to take part in the decisive third match. Thirty years later, a wannabe boxing promoter offers them money to help make a boxing video game. However, a real fight breaks out during the taping. The video of the impromptu fight goes viral on the Internet. Now, everyone wants to see the two men in a real boxing match. They agree, but can they survive the training?
GRUDGE MATCH has a lot of comedy and heart, with some witty lines. Stallone and DeNiro are fun to watch. However, there’s a lot of foul language, including many strong profanities taking God’s name in vain. Also, there’s a subplot involving the man and boy who play DeNiro’s estranged son and grandson. Though sometimes touching, this subplot has a really vulgar joke about the son’s nickname. Worse, the filmmakers involve the little boy in this running joke. This makes GRUDGE MATCH unacceptable viewing.
Content:
(PaPa, B, LLL, VV, SS, N, A, D, MM) Strong mixed pagan worldview with some moral elements; about 86 obscenities (including one “f” word), 14 strong profanities, seven light profanities, and a couple “f” words are bleeped in a TV report; strong boxing violence, mostly at end of movie; strong sexual content includes a running joke about oral sex, including euphemisms, often involving a little boy, scene of implied fornication, little boy asks why a woman was naked, and a past case of infidelity that resulted in an unwed pregnancy; upper male nudity; alcohol use; smoking; and, dysfunctional relationships, bad grand-parenting, man holds a grudge.
More Detail:
GRUDGE MATCH is very funny and entertaining, with some witty lines. However, the obscene, profane, vulgar content is too much, especially when some of it involves the young grandson of one of the movie’s two main characters.
The movie stars Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro as two retired boxers from Pittsburgh, Henry “Razor” Sharp and Billy “The Kid” McDonnen. Each boxer had scored a victory against their rival, but, in 1983, Henry suddenly decides not to take part in the decisive third match.
Thirty years later, Dante, the son of their former boxing promoter, offers them some money to take part in making a boxing video game featuring them. Henry needs the money, so he agrees, on condition that he doesn’t have to see Billy in order to do the motion capture effects for the game. However, Billy shows up early anyway, which leads to a real fight between them. The video of the impromptu fight goes viral on the Internet. Now, everyone wants to see the two men in a real boxing match. They agree, but now they have to survive the training.
GRUDGE MATCH has a lot of comedy and a lot of heart. It’s a movie about getting second chances, including second chances to heal broken relationships.
However, there’s a lot of foul language in the movie, including many strong profanities taking God’s name in vain. Also, there’s a subplot involving the man and boy who play Robert DeNiro’s estranged son and grandson. This subplot is touching at times, but there’s a really vulgar joke about the son’s nickname, which the young grandson overhears. This becomes an extended running joke, leading to a couple other off-color jokes or incidents. This profane, vulgar content makes GRUDGE MATCH unacceptable viewing, according to MOVIEGUIDE®’s objective, biblical standards. Involving a child in this kind of comedy is not acceptable.
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.
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