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Love at First Sight | 2023 | PG-13 | – 2.1.5
Why is “Love at First Sight” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “brief strong language and some suggestive references.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a few kisses and hugs, a few sexually suggestive remarks, several arguments, discussions of death and dying, 1 F-word and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.
A woman (Haley Lu Richardson) and a man (Ben Hardy) meet at an airport and fall instantly in love as they fly overnight in adjoining seats from NYC to Heathrow. Upon arrival, they become separated in a crowd and desperately search for each other, with comical results. Also with Sally Phillips, Jameela Jamil, Dexter Fletcher and Rob Delaney. Directed by Vanessa Caswell. [Running Time: 1:30]
Love at First Sight SEX/NUDITY 2
– A couple kiss for several seconds twice in one scene and in two other scenes they nearly kiss. Three different couples kiss briefly in different scenes.
► A couple holds hands and hugs briefly. A couple holds hands on a plane during takeoff. In several scenes, a young woman and a young man stare at each other.
► We hear that a husband and his wife divorced and he married a younger woman. A man says a woman slept with him, but they were in side-by-side seats on an airplane. A woman says of a man, “He’s been charging my batteries” (when she’s charging her cell phone).
► A woman wears a low-cut gown that reveals bare shoulders and cleavage in a couple of scenes. A young man is shirtless briefly (we see his bare chest and abdomen). A bearded man dressed as a woman recites a Shakespearean sonnet.
Love at First Sight VIOLENCE/GORE 1
– A man tearfully argues with his sick mother and tearfully speaks about her on a stage. A woman hears about a memorial service for a friend’s mother and goes there to find everyone dressed as Shakespearean characters and having a living memorial; many people grieve and cry for a short time. A baby cries loudly on an airplane.
► A young man and a young woman argue briefly. A young boy hears that his mother has cancer and looks horrified; we later hear that the woman was in remission for 12 years and then had a relapse and refused treatment. A woman hears that her parents are divorcing and looks shocked. A police officer tells a young man to stop playing a boom box in an airport terminal and to leave.
► A woman is jostled in a crowd and her cell phone breaks.
Love at First Sight LANGUAGE 5
– At least 1 F-word, 3 sexual references, 5 scatological terms, 3 mild obscenities, name-calling (stupid, knob, nerd, cheesy, grumps, some girl, Little Miss Apple Pie, Mr. Predictive Analyst, Bugs Bunny), exclamations (shut-up, ew, wow, shoot, oi, oh man), 4 religious exclamations (e.g. oh my God, oh God, Christmas is mentioned a few times). | profanity glossary |
Love at First Sight SUBSTANCE USE
– A woman pours a glass of champagne and a second woman drinks some of it, a bartender pouring champagne into glasses picks up a glass and drinks from it, a caterer pours glasses of champagne for people at a reception but no one is shown drinking, a man in an airplane drinks from a glass of whiskey, four young women drink from glasses of whiskey after one of them says, “Get smashed,” and a young man holds a case of either beer cans or energy drinks (we cannot see the labels).
Love at First Sight DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Fear of flying, airport crowds, becoming lost, good and bad surprises, divorce, love at first sight, relationships, love, fate, joy, sadness, loss, regret, phobias, cancer, memorial services, conflict, desperation, determination, honesty, reconciliation, memorizing statistics.
Love at First Sight MESSAGE
– There is more to life than memorizing statistics and avoiding your fears.
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