Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
A high school senior (Ben Foster) is dumped by his
girlfriend (Melissa Sagemiller) and to get her back he tries out for the school play, but
soon begins to have eyes for his best friend's little sister (Kirsten Dunst), who is
no longer the little girl she used to be.
Also with Mila Kunis, Park Bench, Michael Boisvert, Jack
Thomas Babcock, Kylie Bax, Ed Begley Jr., Jeanie Calleja, Megan Fahlenbock, Colin Hanks,
Swoosie Kurtz, Zoe Saldana, Martin Short, Sisqo, Dov
Tiefenbach and Shane West. [1:30]
SEX/NUDITY 6 - Lots of sexual innuendo and some candid sex talk. Lots of
cleavage, scantily clad women, women in skimpy swimsuits, and women who clearly did not
wear bras under their blouses. A young woman is shown running in slow motion in a bikini
top while her breasts prominently bounce up and down. A young woman loses her bikini top
and quickly covers her breasts with her hands. Some kissing and making-out scenes
involving teens. We see a young man's buttocks when he's shown in his jockstrap. A young
man holds a stage sword in front of his crotch and simulates thrusting. During a talk show
about sex, the married, middle-aged and clothed hosts show a sexual position briefly. The
husband then asks a guest if he wants to take his wife for "a spin." Teens go to
a sex club. Several women in tiny furry bras and g-strings are shown dancing (it's dark
and not much is visible). One teen ends up hanging from a harness, a woman in a dominatrix
outfit comes out, but the proceedings are interrupted by a police raid. A young woman
suggestively licks a young man's finger. A small dog is shown humping several objects: a
potted plant, a man's leg, and a ball. A mother gives condoms to her teen son, and a
mother refers encouragingly to her son masturbating (she uses a colloquial euphemism).
Talk of children playing "doctor," and the girl seeing the boy's
"package."
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Mostly played for laughs: A few punches are thrown,
resulting in a few bruises. A brief sword fight during a dream sequence. A teen is hit
squarely on the face by a basketball. We later see him with a bruised and slightly
bleeding nose. A woman is hit and thrown high by a car (there's no gore or blood and the
scene is presented as funny). We later see her in a body cast and we learn that she was in
a coma for six years. While at a restaurant, a woman accidentally hits a wheelchair-bound
man on the head with a teapot; he loses control and careens into several diners knocking
them over, and they in turn roll off into other diners and the chef, someone almost
chokes, other people lose their balance, etc. Eventually this chain of events leads to the
restaurant catching fire; no one is injured. A woman aims a crossbow at a man thinking
it's a prop. She pulls the trigger and then we see them in an ambulance with an arrow
sticking out of the man's arm. A little blood surrounds the wound and upon seeing it she
promptly faints. Someone's clothes catch fire. A man showing off his skill with nunchakus
hits another man and a woman. The man loses his balance and breaks his legs. An explosion
propels a man up and he falls into a sitting woman who is then thrown in the air and lands
safely on a man's lap. We later hear that the first man's face was singed (we see a
glimpse of his face and he looks a tad charred. Nothing gory is shown). A man falls off a
roof (we don't see him land and no injuries are recorded). In a dream sequence a man falls
down and almost into horse manure. The horse then urinates on his head. Sounds of
flatulence, and references to someone defecating in a pool. A man vomits in a punch bowl
and a few men inadvertently drink the chunky punch (we later hear that one is sick). A
teen is apparently drunk.
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PROFANITY 5 - One mouthed F-word accompanied by giving the finger, almost 20
scatological terms, many anatomical terms, several insults and several religious
exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - High school life, first love, playing
"doctor," heartbreak, parties, teens drinking alcohol and getting drunk.
MESSAGE - Being dumped hurts a lot but life goes on and someone else will be
there for you.
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started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were
not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many
older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please
keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period.
While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are
limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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