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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for thematic content, some drug and sexual references, and for language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • No sex or nude scenes. Indirect reference to incest and pedophilia.
  • In a chat, a kid tells another kid they know how babies are made. We next see her type in: "what is entercourse?"
  • A character is said to be a sex offender.
  • margot is asked to "show boobies" in the chat while livestreaming
  • Mentions of "Sex Offenders, Intercourse, Pimps, Rape."

Violence & Gore

  • A man scuffles with a teenage boy.
  • Verbal reference to a teen having his jaw broken.
  • Two men have a fight, but mainly just struggling with each other.

Profanity

  • 1 use of the "f-word" ("You come in here and accuse me of something un-fucking-speakable and you're wondering what kind of family I am?"), 1 or 2 uses of the "s-word," 3 religious profanities, several milder words like "hell" and "damn," at least 3 references to the f-word, like "f'ing," and two censored versions of the word shown on computer screens.
  • 4 uses of shit and oh my god 2 uses of punk-ass, oh god and perv 1 use of fuck, son of a bitch, Jesus, damn, boobs and screwing
  • 4 uses of sh-t, 1 use of f-ck, 1 use of godd-mn, 1 use of b**ch, 1 use of a*s.
  • The f-bomb is seen censored on-screen. Multiple f word variants (Eff, Fk)

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man has marijuana in a bag.
  • Still photo of a teen smoking drugs.
  • A man gives a teen marijuana (offscreen).

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man commits suicide (offscreen).
  • A man is playing the old Scary Maze Flash game in a web browser, which has Regan from The Exorcist suddenly appearing. This is shown within the context of a montage, however, and is not intended as a jump scare.
  • Rated M (Australia) for moderate coarse language. Also contains mild themes, violence, drug use and sex.
  • The whole movie is very distressing and about murder and kidnapping

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • The father believes his brother has abducted his daughter and that they have been sleeping together for quite a while. His suspicions are realized to not be true and that they were really meeting up to smoke marijuana.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Towards the end of the film, a teenage girl is believed to be dead. It is eventually discovered she is still alive but it is still an emotional scene.

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