Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
Four friends (America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn) continue on their journey to adulthood and keep in touch throughout the summer by letter and the sharing of a pair of well-worn jeans. They experience love, heartache, scares and awakenings. Also with Blythe Danner, Lucy Hale and Kyle MacLachlan. Directed by Sanaa Hamri. [1:57]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A teenage girl and a teenage boy have sex for the first time: we see them kissing and he's lying on top of her in a petting scene that then leads to them deciding to have sex; he takes off his shirt and we see her in the bed with a sheet covering her chest. ► A teenage girl spends all night out on a boat with a man and afterward someone alludes to her having sex with him. A condom breaks while a couple has sex. ► People are shown dancing and the camera zooms in on their buttocks. A man takes off his clothes for nude modeling (we see his upper body and his legs and thighs). Several teenage girls wear low-cut costumes for a play (there's a lot of cleavage). A teenage girl takes off her shirt and has on a sports bra underneath. A teenage girl wears a low-cut dress. A teenage girl wears a low-cut top that reveals cleavage, and teenage girls wear short dresses. ► A couple gets married because of an unplanned pregnancy. A married woman finds out she's pregnant. A teenage girl worries she may be pregnant. ► There are 9 kissing scenes between teenage boys and girls, a man and a woman hug and a teenage girl and a teenage boy hug. ► A girl asks how to say, "Lost pants" in Greek and a woman replies, "Greek girls do not lose their pants." A teenage girl mentions that a male model is not a porn star. ► A girl takes a figure drawing class, in which there is supposed to be a nude model, and she appears very nervous before the class begins; a man remarks that she must be a virgin. ► A woman goes into labor (nothing of the delivery is shown).
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VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A teenage girl talks about her mother's suicide. There are two funeral scenes, in which people lose family members. ► People on an archeological dig uncover human bones. ► A teenage girl falls through a hole (she is unhurt, but wears Band-Aids on her elbows afterward). A teenage girl falls through a fake wall, but she is unhurt. A teenage girl falls off a donkey but is OK. ► A man acts like a mugger for a film. People talk about poisoning in a play. ► Several girls ride donkeys and one donkey relieves itself (we don't see the donkey defecating. People talk about a donkey reliving himself.
PROFANITY 3 - 2 anatomical terms, 2 sexual references, 2 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
SUBSTANCE USE - Teens in their first year of college drink wine, and people drink alcohol at a restaurant.
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