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Zach Braff stars as a man in his early 30s, whose fear of commitment and responsibility leads him to have an affair with a younger woman when he finds out that his live-in girlfriend of three years is pregnant. Meanwhile, his girlfriend's parents are having their own problems with infidelity and self-absorption. Also with Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Tom Wilkinson and Blythe Danner. Directed by Tony Goldwyn. [1:55]

SEX/NUDITY 8 - A man and a woman have sex: we see her bare breasts and his bare buttocks (we see him thrusting), and they are interrupted but continue (he thrusts and they both moan). A young woman and a somewhat older man (she's in her early 20s and he's in his early 30s) kiss passionately, she takes off his shirt (we see his bare chest), he takes off her top (her bare breasts are visible), she slips off her panties, he thrusts, and they lie on a bed together, they kiss, he thrusts and she moans.
► In a paid performance, two nude women kiss on a hammock while several men watch (we see their bare breasts and buttocks).
► A man and a woman who have just finished having sex lie back on a cushion (we see them entwined, we see his bare chest to the hips, and his bare legs and buttocks, and we see her bare breasts, abdomen to the hips and legs). We see a bare-chested man in boxer shorts in a woman's apartment (she puts on a robe) and it is implied that they are having sex.
► A young woman wears a sheer top and a short skirt and when the top gets wet her breasts are visible. A woman wears a very low-cut dress that reveals cleavage. We see an infant's bare buttocks.
► A man and a woman kiss passionately, and he begins to pull up her skirt (they are interrupted). A man and a woman kiss passionately. A young woman kisses a somewhat older man and asks him to come to her room to have sex.
► A man and a woman dance together, and they kiss. A man and a woman dance at a celebration. A man and a woman kiss. A younger woman kisses a somewhat older man on the cheek.
► A man and a woman snuggle and kiss in bed together (they are both clothed), and he kisses and talks to her clothed breasts. A man and a woman hold each other in bed.
► A man and a younger woman dance at a party, the young woman dances seductively and suggestively and the man touches her on the hips and abdomen. A young woman puts a somewhat older man's hand on her chest.
► A wife tells her husband that she had sex with another man. A woman talks about not wanting children and not wanting to be forced to have children just because she has reproductive organs. An unmarried man and woman announce that they are expecting a baby. Two men talk about another man being gay.

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man punches a man in the stomach, and then in the face. A woman slaps a man in the face, and a woman hits a man in the face.
► A woman yells at a man and threatens him with a knife. A woman throws a bottle at a wall, and it shatters, above a man sitting in bed.
► A man crashes his car into a tree, and the tree cracks and falls on the car (there's no damage). A man sleeps on a porch for several days, even in the rain.
► A wife leaves her husband, a husband leaves his wife, a man and a woman bicker and argue in several scenes, and a man and a woman argue bitterly in several scenes.
► We hear that a man's father died, and a woman talks about the death of her grandmother. A wife asks her husband what he would do if she died.
► A man flatulates.

PROFANITY 9 - 49 F-words, 6 sexual references, 9 scatological terms, 13 anatomical terms, 17 mild obscenities, name-calling (fat, ugly, loser, idiot), 2 religious profanities, 15 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]

SUBSTANCE USE - Several men smoke marijuana and drink alcohol. People drink alcohol in many scenes, people drink alcohol at a fraternity party, and people drink in a bar scene. A man smokes a cigarette.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Infidelity, betrayal, marriage, marital problems, disappointment, mistakes, forgiveness, running away from problems, control, doubts, fear of commitment, divorce, hatred, homosexuality, taking chances, death of a parent, lying, deceit, judging others, communication, pregnancy out of wedlock, grief, seduction, parenthood, surprises, jealousy, proving feelings, feeling trapped, trust, love, relationships, dieting, weight issues, broken hearts, envy, life choices, life changes, moving on.

MESSAGE - Love is how you treat the people that you say you love. We cannot control everything that happens to us in life.

Special Keywords: S8 - V3 - P9 - MPAAR