Movies for Adults
by Sean Sloan

Risky Business (1982) – While essentially a teenage movie, it is still rated R. The first R film I ever saw. Guido the killer pimp and hookers aren’t exactly family time at the Cineplex.

The Loved One (1965) – Black comedies (no not those black comedies) usually go over the teens' heads. They just don’t get the subliminal death humor.

The 400 Blows (1959) – Yeah, it is about a little kid who has crappy parents and plays hooky from school, but it takes a bit of deep thought to get the message.

Bad Santa (2003) – An adult movie in the sense of it’s vulgarity. Kids might find Santa’s antics funny, but the fact that he says the F-word like ten times in the first three sentences of the movie make it one to avoid for the kiddies.

Pulp Fiction (1995) – I think teens would enjoy it, but they wouldn’t get how all three stories tie into each other.

Gangs Of New York (2003) – The kiddies might love the violence, but they won’t comprehend the whole history stuff. It’s a bit too involved.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Jack Nicholson and mental institutions just doesn’t have teens written all over it.

8 1/2 (1962) – Or most any Fellini film. I think that Fellini is often over my head. I don’t think many adults even get what he is trying to say.

Clockwork Orange (1971) – A tale of Rape, Ultra Violence, and Beethoven. Let’s pack the family in the wagon and take ‘em down to see Malcolm McDowell kick an old man’s teeth in.

Annie Hall (1977) – Woody Allen is box office poison for kids.

Deliverance (1972) – Oh yeah. I’ll take all the young adults to squeal like a pig.

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – If they hadn’t left out the stuff in the book that the mom was heroin addict and the incest and homosexuality themes, maybe the youngsters would love it.

Chinatown (1975) – She's your sister. She’s your daughter. It takes too much thought.

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) – It's long. It takes place mostly in the desert. It’s historical. No way!

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – A pretty freaky film that kids or teens won’t get. I’ve heard talk that kids would get high and go watch it in the 60s, but the minimal dialogue and twenty minute beginning with the apes would make it purty bad for youngsters. Heck, I don’t like some of it.