There, they meet a free spirited young woman, Barbara (FRANKA POTENTE), and her friends who introduce them to the world of pot smoking. That eventually leads to them meeting Derek Foreal (PAUL REUBENS), a local dealer, when they decide to start selling pot themselves. They eventually become quite successful when another hometown friend, Kevin Dulli (MAX PERLICH), visits and tells them they could make a fortune selling to the east coast colleges. With Barbara, a stewardess, transporting the pot and Kevin dealing it back east, George and Tuna's business really takes off, especially when they start transporting the drugs directly from Mexico.
Things go great for George and his friends until he's busted in 1972. Skipping bail to care for Barbara, his now terminally ill girlfriend, George is eventually caught and sent to prison. Yet, this setback turns into opportunity when his cellmate, Diego Delgado (JORDI MOLLA), turns him onto the world of cocaine trafficking. Soon, George meets Pablo Escobar (CLIFF CURTIS), the powerful Columbian head of international cocaine trafficking, who wants George to be his dealer in the U.S., and then meets and marries Mirtha (PENELOPE CRUZ), an exotic beauty.
As the years pass, George tries to continue living his high lifestyle despite repeated run-ins with the law, being double-crossed by former acquaintances, his eventual estrangement from Mirtha and their young daughter, Kristina Sunshine Jung (EMMA ROBERTS), and his second thoughts about being in the drug business altogether.
Those characters have extreme cases of bad attitudes, with some of them also being involved in violent behavior (one person is executed with a shot to the head, another wounded and beat up in separate scenes, and others are threatened with violence). Some of those scenes have bloody results and may be tense or unsettling to some viewers, and various instances of tense family scenes are present, including the protagonist having to deal with being estranged from his wife and daughter.
Profanity consists of more than 110 "f" words, while plenty of other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Some of the language involves sexually explicit dialogue, a couple is briefly seen fooling around (with some of that apparently involving some sort of S&M material), and some bare-breasted women are seen in nonsexual situations.
Should you still be concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may want to see it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more specific information about what occurs in the film.
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(2001) (Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Extreme
Moderate
Extreme
Moderate
Heavy
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
Moderate
Mild
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Heavy
Heavy
Heavy
Heavy
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Reviewed March 8, 2001 / Posted April 6, 2001
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