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Sex & Nudity

  • A teen boy asks another teen boy if he gave a girl "the hot beef injection".
  • A teen boy asks a teen girl if she's been felt up over the bra and describes sex acts in a somewhat detailed manner ("blouse unbuttoned," "no panties," etc.).
  • A teen boy calls for the door to be closed so he can "impregnate" a teen girl. Nothing else happens.
  • The movie is mostly set inside a school library. There is no nudity or sexual activity, but characters frequently talk about sex.
  • A teen girl lies about being a nymphomaniac.
  • A boy gropes another boy in the crotch in an aggressive way briefly.
  • A boy under the desk looks between the thights of a sitted girl seing a little of her panties.
  • A teen boy makes inappropriate sexual remarks to a teen girl.
  • An adolescent character claims to have had an illicit affair with a much older man and suggests that it did not constitute rape if she was paying him for sex. However, she confirms a few minutes later that she lied about it.

Violence & Gore

  • A teen falls through a ceiling trying to escape from detention.
  • A teen describes taping a weaker kid's buttocks together as a prank.
  • A teen boy hides under a table and looks at a teen girl's underwear; the girl slaps the boy in response.
  • A noose is shown hanging over a locker as a threat.
  • Two teen boys get into a fight after one says creepy, sexual things to a girl. The fight ends when one boy threatens the other with a switchblade pocket knife but doesn't use it.

Profanity

  • 26 uses of "fuck", mostly coming from one character.
  • 1 use of "slut"
  • 1 use of "retard"
  • 27 uses of "shit" (three of which are derivatives), two uses of "piss," nine uses of "ass"/"asshole," two uses of "prick," three uses of "fag"/"faggot," five uses of "dick," and one use of "dildo".
  • Five uses of "bitch".
  • 5 uses of "damn," 6 uses of "God," 1 use of "bum," and 1 use of "Jesus Christ".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • An adolescent character claims that she drinks vodka.
  • High schools students get high on marijuana.
  • There is a lengthy scene where adolescents smoke marijuana and there are some sporadic references to the drug throughout. An adolescent character smokes a cigarette in another scene.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film can be emotionally intense at times.
  • A harmless watch. It deals with universal themes in what teenagers go through.
  • John Bender gets on everyone's nerves and hits on Claire many times.
  • The group therapy scene is very unsettling as it is dialogue driven.
  • John was arguing and insulting Claire, she tells him to "shut up" couple of times, John continued and she yelled "SHUT UP!!"

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • A boy hides under a table and looks between a girl's legs to see her underwear. He puts his head between her legs but is stopped. No sensitive parts shown....

Violence & Gore

  • A teen boy admits to attempting suicide over a poor grade.
  • A character shows a scar on his arm, claiming it was from his father burning it with a lit cigar.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character talks about their attempted suicide by gun.
  • A teen boy talks about his abusive father and him putting out a cigar on the boy's arm.

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