The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A teenager's bare back is very briefly shown when she is changing her outfit
  • A teenage girl goes swimming in a midriff revealing tank top and a bikini bottom.
  • Several times female characters knee male characters in the groin. This is done in a manner sympathetic to the females, as the male characters were bullies/and or had attempted sexual assault on the females, and is played for laughs/female empowerment.
  • Two teenagers are implied to have a sexual relationship. Nothing other than kissing is shown
  • It is implied that a 12 year old girl has had her first period.
  • A 12 year girl asks when she will get a diaphragm after having her first period.
  • A 12 year old girl comments on the size of a tv character's breasts.
  • A teenage boy has a pin-up poster of a nude woman on his wall. Her breasts and pubic region however, are hidden by the pose of the model. The image overall is something like you would expect in a sports illustrated swimsuit issue.

Violence & Gore

  • Several characters in this movie are wounded by gunshots
  • During a car chase, a man shoots at the teenage heroes, including a 12 year old girl with a rifle.
  • Some 80's styled over-the-top bullying.
  • A 12 year old girl is physically abused by her mother.
  • A young boy gets shot. No detail.

Profanity

  • Two uses of the word F**ker. One or two other uses of mild expletives. One of the uses of F**ker was by a 12 year old.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A teenage character asks if pills are "uppers or downers" he is told that the pills are asthma medicine

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Several characters are wounded by gunshots.
  • During a car chase, shots are fired at the teenage protagonists.
  • While this movie has a feel-good vibe to it, it contains mature subject matter, and a few intense scenes, such as an attempted sexual assault, and guns fired at children and teenagers, as well as a child character who was implied to have been the victim of abuse.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • An middle age man attempts to "Repay" a teenage girl for a damaged scooter over time in exchange for sex. When she refuses he attempts to force himself on her, and briefly gropes her.

Violence & Gore

  • A man holds a teenager and attempts to sexually assault her. She resists, and he is shot by her brother.
  • Billie Jean kicks Hubie in the balls as he attempts to capture her.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • adolescent and teenage characters become fugitives after a middle-aged man frames them for robbing his store.
  • A middle age man attempts to forcibly sexually assault a teenage girl, and is shot by her brother.
  • A teenager confronts a adult man; who is implied to have been physically abusing his young child. After confronting him she tells his friends that he is "going to be spending some time with his grandma" implying that the man is no longer going to be allowed to abuse his child.

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