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LAWS OF GRAVITY

What You Need To Know:

LAWS OF GRAVITY is almost a docu-drama in its portrayal of low-life types in Brooklyn, New York, who live by their petty thievery and manage to stay one step ahead of the police. The hand-held camera contributes the look and feel of cinema verite as the camera "bops," dodges and probes after the constantly moving cast, tying them intimately to their seedy surroundings. LAWS OF GRAVITY leaves the viewer, like the characters in the movie, feeling depressed and hopeless--and the extremely foul, obscene language contributes to this overall impression.

Content:

(LLL, VV, S, A/D, M) Very offensive, obscene language with over 150 obscenities & at least 25 profanities; much violence in wrangling, fighting between gang members, & using guns; killing; implied fornication & sexual immorality; numerous scenes of drinking; and, repeated episodes of stealing various items.

More Detail:

LAWS OF GRAVITY is almost a docu-drama in its accurate portrayal of low-life types in Brooklyn, New York, who live by their petty thievery and manage to stay one step ahead of the police. Jimmy and Jon, two friends, have their friendship strained when police pick Jon up for beating his girlfriend. Jimmy sells another friend’s guns to get Jon out of jail, and the film ends when Jon and Frankie (the other friend) fight over the gun sale, and Frankie shoots and kills Jon. The final scene of LAWS OF GRAVITY plays out Newton’s law (“What goes up must come down”) as Jon lies covered with blood on the pavement, and Celia weeps over his body.

The hand-held camera technique, so effective in LAWS OF GRAVITY, gives the movie the look and feel of cinema verite. This technique–as the camera “bops,” dodges and probes after the constantly moving cast, enables the camera to show the relationship between the characters and their surroundings. Finally, this intimate relationship between each character and his environment begins to divulge the reasons for the pent-up anger, frustration and hopeless yearning in each of the characters. The movie’s actors, too, turn in outstanding performances to the point where they become the characters they are playing. However, in the final analysis, LAWS OF GRAVITY leaves the viewer, like the characters in the movie, feeling depressed and hopeless–and the extremely foul, obscene language contributes to this overall impression.

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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.