While searching through an industrial town, Felicia encounters Joseph Hidlitch (BOB HOSKINS), a middle-aged catering manager whose little eccentricities -- he cooks step by step with an old black and white cooking program featuring French TV personality, Gala (ARSINÉE KHANJIAN) -- seem quaint and charming. Although he initially only gives her directions to places she might check for Johnny, he eventually offers to give her a ride out of town -- where he's reportedly going to see his sick wife -- where she might find her boyfriend.
Unbeknownst to Felicia, however, Joseph has no wife, but does have a collection of videotapes of other young women he's "helped" in the past. As the increasingly psychotic man continues to help Felicia with her quest, little does she know what waits in store for her.
The killer obviously has extreme bad attitudes (as do some others), and encourages a pregnant young woman to have an abortion (which may cause some to see her as having a bad attitude as well). Beyond the young woman being pregnant, we see a fantasized view of the man having sex with the young woman that shows heavy breathing, movement and the sight of her slightly pleasured facial reactions.
Some tense family moments are present, as is brief, but minor profanity and some drinking and smoking. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings.
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(1999) (Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Mild
Extreme
Heavy
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
Extreme
None
Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Minor
Heavy
Moderate
Moderate
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Reviewed October 5, 1999 / Posted November 19, 1999
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