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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • The main girl in the movie does not wear a bra and you can see her nipples the whole movie.
  • Some sexual innuendo (including a mild reference to masturbation) and a kiss.
  • A boy and girl jokingly embrace and kiss each other to annoy a woman who's staring at them in disapproval.
  • A girl tells a boy that her father will be gone all night and then they kiss as they take off each other's jackets; before the scene ends, we see their bare shoulders as they stand and kiss.
  • In a few scenes that take place in a dance club/bar, we see many girls wearing skimpy shirts and also see some boys and girls dancing suggestively with each other; in one scene, a girl bends over while dancing in front of a boy (she slaps her butt) and briefly runs her hands up her torso.
  • A boy and girl dance somewhat suggestively together a few times. A boy grabs a girl's clothed butt, then she aggressively grabs his crotch. We see many girls wearing midriff-revealing tops.

Violence & Gore

  • A fatal car accident is shown in glimpses: we see cars swerving, a driver's frightened expression, a car about to skid underneath a truck, then the driver's face with a little blood on the forehead (seen through the cracked windshield of the driver's overturned car).
  • A few people in a car open fire on boys playing basketball (one of the players shoots back at the car while the others fall to the ground); no one is injured, but all seem pretty shaken afterwards.
  • In a dance club, a boy slaps something out of another boy's hand, throws him into a chair and a wall, and then punches and kicks him repeatedly, with great force; two other boys get involved, also punching and kicking each other.
  • A girl is hit in the head with a basketball when another girl blocks a shot during a game; one of the girls pushes the other into a wall, one tackles the other from behind, then they roll around while slapping and scratching each other (one has a scratch on her cheek and an abrasion on her eyebrow, which is seen in several scenes afterwards).
  • A boy holds a crying girl's face, verbally threatens her and forcefully slaps her face; he lets her go after she scratches his jacket.
  • A boy grabs a girl's arm, pushes her against a wall and verbally threatens her.
  • A boy kicks another in the back and knocks him to the ground, a boy punches another in the face (some blood is visible on his mouth), boys push each other a few times, a girl squeezes a boy's crotch for several seconds (in a violent rather than sexual way) after he grabs her buttocks.
  • A boy lifts up his shirt to reveal the handle of a gun that's sticking out of his waistband; he talks to his friends about "getting even" with someone.

Profanity

  • Nearly all spoken by teenagers.
  • One use of "f*ck".
  • Many anatomical references (several heard in background music), some anatomical slang terms.
  • Many scatological references, mainly "sh*t".
  • Many mild obscenities and insults.
  • Many racial slurs (mostly heard in background music).

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • During the movie there is teen smoking and underage drinking. One part where a girl has to get in so she pays a guy to get her a fake ID.
  • One of the characters sells drugs in the club and confronts a girl in a bathroom, saying that he owes her money for drugs he sold her.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

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