Why is outside providence rated r

They range from Dunph's first love Amy Smart to his nerdy roommate Jack Ferver to the eternal dormitory nemesis Tim Crowe just waiting to catch the students misbehaving. Though the film includes the masturbation gag that has become the authorial stamp of the Farrellys, it weaves a surprising amount of wisdom and tenderness into all these antics.

Only one well-meaning extra flourish, in which Old Man Dunphy's gay-baiting friends in a group including George Wendt get their comeuppance, seems out of sync with a time period that is otherwise flawlessly captured, Drugs Delaney and all.

That effect is enhanced by a soundtrack full of best-loved radio hits of the early 70's. An overabundance of familiar songs usually feels like a desperate measure; this time, it's a jukebox to remember. It includes colorful profanity, frequent drug use and sexual references.

See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Outside Providence. Photos Top cast Edit. Samantha Lavigne 'Clops' as 'Clops'. Jonathan Brandis Mousy as Mousy. Jesse Leach Decenz as Decenz. Richard Jenkins Barney as Barney. Mike Cerrone Caveech as Caveech.

George Wendt Joey as Joey. Robert Turano Fran as Fran. Timothy Crowe Mr. Funderburk as Mr. Funderburk as Tim Crowe. Michael Corrente. More like this. Watch options.

Storyline Edit. A boy from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, caught up in the drug scene of the mids, gets in trouble one too many times with the law. To stave off a jail term, his father arranges for him to be placed into a prep school in Cornwall, Connecticut. The terms: Graduate, or else.

We learn a woman shot and killed herself several years earlier and that a boy died in a car accident. A boy snorts a strand of spaghetti up his nostril so part of it hangs out of his nostril and part hangs out of his mouth; he pulls the strand back and forth several times, then snorts the entire piece up his nostril and eats it.

A boy vomits on another's arm. LANGUAGE 10 - About 55 F-words, an obscene finger gesture, lots of anatomical and scatological references, several mild obscenities, several insults, lots of name calling most in reference to homosexuality and a few ethnic slurs.

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The film opens in Pawtucket, Rhode Island during the summer of Timothy Dunphy Shawn Hatosy , or Dunph, as his friends call him, has nothing better to do than to while away the days smoking dope and hanging out with friends with names like Drugs Delaney Jon Abrahams. One evening, however, while stoned, Dunph gets into an accident with a parked cop car.

His father Alec Baldwin is furious, and promptly pulls a few strings to get Dunph sent off to the Cornwall Academy, an exclusive prep school that has a reputation for academic excellence and discipline.

Cornwall has a seemingly endless list of rules, but the three most important are no drugs, no alcohol, and no sex. Dunph, of course, manages to break all three on numerous occasions.

The game is to avoid being caught. During his time at Cornwall, Dunph falls in love with an "unattainable" girl, wins her affections in return, becomes serious about studying, and turns his life around.