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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A mother is implied to be a prostitute via one scene of her entering a bedroom with a man. No other visual.
  • In the beginning, the boys are in the bathroom and they are comparing what their penises looks like, though nothing is shown.
  • A teen boy masturbates another teen boy durning an extended scene. No nudity shown, but the scene lasts for an extended period.
  • A teen boy is seen having sex with with a woman from behind. Nothing graphic is shown and they're both shown from the waist up, fully clothed. Some moaning.

Violence & Gore

  • Two little kids play fight to see if the other is tough enough.
  • A mother robs her son for drug money.
  • A group of kids throw rocks at a house where another kid is hiding.
  • Two teen boys fight each other; one encourages the other to stay down as he's forced to beat him. The beating is quite brutal as there is blood splatter on the ground and a brief blood spurt when he is punched.
  • A teen boy submerges his face in ice water to dull the wounds resulting from a beating. There is a lot of blood running from his nose.
  • A teen boy hits another teen boy with a chair and he falls unconscious.

Profanity

  • 27 uses of "fuck". Frequent uses of "shit". A number of uses of homophobic slurs. The N-word is often used repeatedly too.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Moderate drinking and smoking.
  • A plot element is that the protagonist's mother is a crack addict. She isn't seen doing crack at any point but her withdrawals are shown, and are very intense.
  • A woman snorts coke off a mirror in one scene.
  • Some people are shown smoking blunts.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are harrowing depiction of drugs and very upsetting scenes.
  • Dude gets a chair smashed against his back.
  • The main character is constantly bullied, harrassed, and beat up at school. This can be rather upseting to watch for certain people.
  • The depiction of homophobia may upset viewers.
  • The main character's mother is a crack addict and it is very hard to watch her withdrawals.
  • A fight insues and with two teenage boys which is quite brutal.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • Two teen boys kiss on a beach. One begins to unbuckle the other's belt; in the next shot, it is implied that he is giving him a handjob. One moans in pleasure and his grip in the sand tightens, implying orgasm.

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