La Cocina (2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Alonso Ruizpalacious. English/Spanish-language Drama. Based on the play 'The Kitchen' by Arnold Wesker and the 1961 film 'The Kitchen.' The staff of a bustling Times Square restaurant (Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Raúl Briones, Eduardo Olmos, Motell Foster, Lee Sellars, Oded Fehr, Spenser Granese, Laura Gomez) work hard during a busy day.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual or aggressive context; frequent use of scatalogical slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
• Infrequent references to, and portrayals of, an abortion and of medical distress - little blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence - no blood, some detail
• Portrayal of sexual activity - no nuidty, little detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

• Toxic work environments
• Hard work and dedication
• Interpersonal relationships

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, nudity, sexual content, violence, and substance use

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