a movie full of raunch
the sheer raunch of the movie earned it a NC-17 rating
Recent Examples on the WebOver the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 June 2024 While these outros could easily fall into raunch or being explicit, Carpenter uses wit as her restraint.—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024 The Country Bear Jamboree had a very oddball vaudevillian energy, its songs brimming with violence and raunch, all of it played for hyuks.—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2024 Streaming on Prime from March 7, the movie might tap into the nostalgia of audiences raised on the Farrelly brand of goofy raunch, gross-out laughs, slapstick, escalating chaos and sticky sentiment.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 The art of the time was marked by both raunch and fear, wild abandon and anxious suspicion.—The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024 But where No Hard Feelings dipped a toe into raunch, Joy Ride cannonballs straight in.—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 6 July 2023 The show had its moments of raunch and spectacle, including topless dancers, multiple costume changes, aerial stunts and more.—Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023 In typical trap fashion, which revels in the pleasures of excess, the Puerto Rican trap star manages to maneuver the juxtaposition of raunch, vulnerability and desire across a dozen tracks.—Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2023
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