Feb 15,2006
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
| nudity | A naked girl is seen in a tub. A naked man is seen in a shower. There are sex scenes but no nudity in them. Sex is often implied as one of the main characters is a hooker. Gay sex is talked about in detail. |
| violence | A heroin addicts arm is shown all red and bleeding, a girl takes her finger rubs it in the blood and puts it in her mouth. A woman throws an ash tray at a mans head he starts to bleed alot and then he gets stitches. A woman's water breaks too early causing blood to come out of her vagina. Lots of fighting and arguing. |
| profanity | Many uses of the word fuck. at least 3 uses of the word cunt.(one written) All other R rated language also. |
| alcohol | Extreme graphic detailed depiction of drug addiction. Shows many scenes of characters shooting up heroin. A scene where a girl snorts coke. They talk about methodone. People drink alot. People drink wine at a wedding. Several people smoke ciggarettes. A man dies from overdose. |
| frightening | The entire movie is intense. It shows the downfall of drug use. Very intense when the characters are going through withdrawl. Very dramatic and intense. |
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