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(1980)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A woman is seen in her lingerie, through her window.
  • Legs are shown during a play rehearsal.
  • A boy says "sex-maniac". He doesn't refer to anything.
  • A high school boy's naked backside (butt) is shown in a locker room, while he is walking away.
  • Grandmother flirting with a male patron at a hotel bar.

Violence & Gore

  • Two bullies put a boy in a locker and lock him in.
  • A boy spills drinks and ketchup at the bullies. Nothing violent, very mild.
  • A bully makes a boy to drink water from the toilet. He doesn't drink it but snaps it to the bully's face.
  • One of the main character has a few cuts on his wrist, implying he attempted suicide. They are shown briefly.
  • A boy gets his face dragged by a towel by a boy behind him and with his friend, put him in a locker. He is set free by an older-looking boy.
  • A boy gets chased by bullies.
  • A boy gets tripped over in the lunch hall.
  • Clifford talks calmly to Melvin and Mike but Melvin pushes him away.
  • Ricky fights against Mike.
  • A bully gets his nose punched with minimal blood shown.
  • Several scenes of typical school bullying
  • A fight between four characters ensues at the end.

Profanity

  • One middle finger gesture
  • Strong teen language. A--, Bull----, Pu--y, etc.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • One of the main characters briefly seen smoking a cigarette.
  • The grandmother is drinking at a bar.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are very intense bullying fight scenes that are only occured in the last half of the film.

Spoilers

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

Violence & Gore

  • A teacher tells Clifford a story about Ricky's brother. His brother was playing with a gun thinking it was a toy and accidentally killed himself with it because it was a real gun with a real round and Ricky was the first who found his body. Others said there were rumors about him breaking a teacher's legs and killed a policeman. That is why everyone is afraid of him.
  • Melvin's bodyguard Mike handshakes Ricky but pulls him off a bench and falls on his knees. He gets pushed back twice and walks away to his bike. He goes but is stopped by Mike and gets punched off his bike, falls over, gets his bike kicked apart and gets kicked. Melvin joins in and kicks him, pulls his hair to shake his head back and forth and pushes his bike into the lake. The scene ends with Ricky running away.
  • Moody joins in by grabbing Ricky from behind. Clifford grabs Moody in the neck. Them two begin to fight. Clifford misses as he punches him again. The scene goes back and forth as they both fight on the ground and on foot. Under Ricky's recommendations, Clifford punches Moody in the nose twice including his stomach area. The fight ends with Clifford punching Moody in the nose with minimal blood shown.
  • Ricky fights against Mike. He punches him, runs up to him and begin to fight. Ricky gets punches a few times by Mike including a punch below in the groin area. He lands on a tree. Little blood is seen on the tip of his fingers. He charges and both of them roll over. Ricky continuously punches Mike from the ground to the fence.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The rumours about Ricky Linderman will make some viewers shocked.
  • The scene where Ricky gets beaten up is very intense.
  • During Clifford following Ricky at the train station, he reveals the truth that he really shot his brother with a gun and explains in detail. They were home alone playing with their dad's gun showing off like a fool. His brother god mad, grabbed it and it fired. He faked it by putting the gun in his hand and found him that way in order to avoid to take the blame by his father as a lie. This scene is definitely intense due to him revealing the truth.

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