Why is platoon rated r

With that realism in mind, Stone created one of the most moving films ever. It contains a few hundred f-words and variations of f--k, including mrf--ker, flying f--k, and so on. There close to s--t, and loads of other profanities including but not limited to pu--y, a--, b--ch, a--hole, d--n, d--k, c--k, and c--ks--ker. There is constant smoking, and there is one scene in which part of the platoon is high on weed. A few crass sexual comments are made.

In conclusion, "Platoon" won Best Picture for a reason, and it deals with concepts of the duality of man. It shows how even the most refined men will resort to their primitivism if provoked. The message is powerful, but parents should way the pros and cons before letting their middle schooler or young high schooler see this. This title contains: Positive Messages. Positive role models. Written by Anonymous January 25, Excellent Amazing, emotional Vietnam war movie.

Teen, 13 years old Written by Scorsesebuff January 24, The violence, like any R rated war flick, is brutal and explicit.

The Lanuage is also strong, with some graphic sexual references. Unlike the other review, there is nudity, we see naked women in pornographic magazines in some scenes, mostly their breasts. There is smoking throughout, including pot. The characters behave badly, and the movie is dark and intense. I'm 13 and was given permission to see this, but not everyone can handle it.

This is a mature movie. Kid, 12 years old August 3, I loved this movie but the language and drugs and violence is pretty bad the characters smoke joint and tons bodies blow up and about f words but a mature kid that can stand All the bad stuff will LOVE. This movie I love learning about the Vietnam war it is my favorite war to study about overall great but ronchy movie. Teen, 16 years old Written by Tip yap July 17, Kid, 12 years old May 26, Teen, 14 years old Written by Andres Ventura October 21, Platoon Review This is a powerful story of learning, conflict and war.

Director: Oliver Stone. Genre s : Drama , War. Rating: R. Runtime: min. See All Details and Credits. Watch Now. Stream On. Buy on. Critic Reviews. Roger Ebert. It was Francois Truffaut who said that it's not possible to make an anti-war movie, because all war movies, with their energy and sense of adventure, end up making combat look like fun.

If Truffaut had lived to see Platoon, the best film of , he might have wanted to modify his opinion. Here is a movie that regards combat from ground level, from the infantryman's point of view, and it does not make war look like fun. Read full review. James Berardinelli. Paul Attanasio. Platoon is a triumph for Oliver Stone, a film in which a visceral approach to violence, which has always set him apart, is balanced by classical symmetries and a kind of elegiac distance.

This is not the Vietnam of op-ed writers, rabble-rousers or esthetic visionaries, not Vietnam-as-metaphor or Vietnam-the-way-it-should-have-been. It is a movie about Vietnam as it was, alive with authenticity, seen through the eyes of a master filmmaker who lost his innocence there.

Richard Corliss. With craft, crackle, a little bombast and plenty of residual rage, he has created a time-capsule movie that explodes like a frag bomb in the consciousness of America, showing how it was back then, over there. Stone's eye-blistering images possess an awesome power, which sets the senses reeling and leaves the mind disturbed. Bill Cosford. Platoon lacks the sweep, the heroic and anti-heroic vision of Apocalypse Now, and it lacks that film's signal strength, which was its evocation of the visceral appeal, the sheer romance of war, at least to those not fighting it.

Some of Coppola's images in Apocalypse Now were among the most beautiful in contemporary film. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.

How did you buy your ticket? View All Videos View All Photos Movie Info. Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in Once he's on the ground in the middle of battle, his idealism fades. Infighting in his unit between Staff Sergeant Barnes Tom Berenger , who believes nearby villagers are harboring Viet Cong soldiers, and Sergeant Elias Willem Dafoe , who has a more sympathetic view of the locals, ends up pitting the soldiers against each other as well as against the enemy.

War, Drama. Oliver Stone. Arnold Kopelson. Aug 15, Tom Berenger Staff Sgt. Bob Barnes. Willem Dafoe Sgt. Elias Grodin. Charlie Sheen Pvt. Chris Taylor. Forest Whitaker Big Harold. Francesco Quinn Rhah. John C. McGinley Sgt. Red O'Neill. Richard Edson Sal. Kevin Dillon Bunny. Reggie Johnson Junior.

Keith David King. Johnny Depp Pvt. Oliver Stone Director. Oliver Stone Writer. John Daly Executive Producer. Derek Gibson Executive Producer. Arnold Kopelson Producer. Georges Delerue Original Music. Robert Richardson Cinematographer. Claire Simpson Film Editor. Pat Golden Casting. Warren McLean Casting. Bob Morones Casting. Bruno Rubeo Production Design. Rodell Cruz Art Direction.