There is a knife fight between Mr. Rose and another worker. Later Mr. Rose lies dying after being stabbed by his daughter and finishing the job himself. SEX Homer and Candy make love.
Abortion is performed, and both sides of the question spoken for.
Dr. Larch is an ether addict and is often anesthetizing himself. There is incest. For all its tribulations, this a tasteful, essentially gentle movie. Unless parents have particular objections, teen-agers should get much from it. It is the height of World War II in Mr. Hallstom's film, based on a sliver of John Irving's novel.