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- Sex & Nudity (4)
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- Profanity (1)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (5)
- Spoilers (2)
Certification
| MPAA | Rated PG for thematic elements including bullying, some peril and mild language |
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Sex & Nudity
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- a boy hugs a girl
- A girl says Willard and Janice (a boy and a girl) are in love
- May Belle says Ms. Emmonds is Jess girlfriend.
- From the way he looks at her, it is implied that Jess likes his teacher in a romantic way
Violence & Gore
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- A boy imagines being chased by a creature (we see mostly moving shadows) through thick woods, and he trips, so he covers his head in fear (he's OK).
- A boy shoves his little sister and she falls on the ground.
- Children tease a boy on a school bus and one throws a piece of bread with peanut butter that sticks to his shirt.
- Two boys shove another boy in the hallway and he falls on the floor; one of them has a bloody nose later and it is suggested that a girl punched him.
- A "dirt monster" swirls into the shape of a living thing, and then back into dust in a few scenes and it appears to be following a boy.
- A young girl cries and asks her brother to beat up a girl who stole her Twinkie (he does not oblige her).
- A girl talks about people who are prisoners of a "dark master" and that they need to rescue them.
- An animal is caught in a trap and a boy releases it in the woods (his father wanted to kill the animal).
- Several children chant "free the pee" while marching toward a bully who makes them pay to use the bathroom.
- A girl has ketchup stains on her face from another girl who squirted her.
Profanity
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- Says "damn" 7 times in a conversation between Jesse and his father.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- None
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Jess thinks he sees the dark master running through the woods, and the figure dives at him, but it turns out to be his dad.
- Overall, a family film , not quite.
- There are scenes of bullying.
- Large sharp-toothed creatures (they look like wild dogs) surround a boy and a girl, and they lunge at them: the boy and the girl fight them off with sticks, a dog bites the tail of one creature, and the boy imagines having an iron glove on his hand and punches two of the creatures that are thrown into a tree.
- A boy sees a dark, shadowy figure moving close to him through a forest and he is frightened.
Spoilers
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- It is heard that one of the children dies (Not shown). The other child is very sad and even in disbelief that it even happened until he finally accepts it.
- Near the end of the movie a girl dies.
