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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. |
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Nerdy journalist Drew Barrymore goes undercover to
infiltrate the popular clique at a local high school and write a story about today's
teens. Also with David Arquette, Molly Shannon, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Leelee
Sobieski, Garry Marshall, Jessica Alba, Jeremy Jordan, Marley Shelton and Jordan Ladd. [1:47]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - Lots of sexual innuendo. Kissing, often passionately. A woman
grabs her clothed breasts and licks a pencil (as if she were performing fellatio) in front
of a man; he briefly wiggles his tongue at her. We see students in a classroom putting
condoms onto bananas. We see the bottom part of a girl's bare buttocks hanging out of her
short shorts and we see many girls wearing short skirts and cleavage- and
midriff-revealing tops. We see shirtless boys with towels wrapped around their waists and
a boy wearing a dress shirt and underwear in a few scenes.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A boy throws a couple of eggs at a girl. A woman runs into
a door and is knocked out; we briefly see a small red bump on her forehead. A condom snaps
off a banana and hits a man in the forehead. We hear a girl throwing up.
PROFANITY 3 - Several anatomical references, a couple of scatological
references, several mild obscenities and some name-calling. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - High-school, undercover reporting, being an outcast,
popularity, sex education, promiscuity, marijuana use, teen drinking, deception,
teacher/student relationships.
MESSAGE - Being true to yourself is more important than being popular.
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Special Keywords: S4 - V2 - P3 - MPAAPG-13 |
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A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we 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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