The Fabulous Four | 2024 | R | – 5.3.5

Why is “The Fabulous Four” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “some sexual material, drug use and language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes many implied sex scenes, partial nudity in an exotic dance club, many discussions of love and relationships, several scenes of men and women flirting, a parasail with three people in it breaking loose and crashing on a beach, a couple of bicycle crashes, a lot of substance use and drug references, several arguments and some pushing, and 5 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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When a woman (Bette Midler) announces to her closest friends (Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph) that she is getting married again, the friends travel to Key West to help her celebrate her day. However, her former best friend (Susan Sarandon), estranged after a misunderstanding years earlier, must be deceived to get her there. Also with Sophie von Haselberg, Deja Dee, Michael Bolton, Brandee Evans, Kaden Taylor, Avangeline Friedlander and Bruce Greenwood. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. [Running Time: 1:39]

The Fabulous Four SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A woman flirts with younger men in many scenes and we see them entering rooms and closing the doors, implying sexual activity, and we hear noises and rhythmic pounding in a couple of scenes. A woman calls after a man and follows him off-screen (sex is implied).
► A man and a woman kiss. A man and a woman dance while embracing and flirting. A woman dances on a social media video making sexual gestures.
► Several women go to an exotic dance club and watch a man dance as he thrusts his hips toward the audience; one woman is invited on stage and the man dances around her, he pulls off his pants and we see that he is wearing thong underwear that reveals his bare buttocks, as well as his bare chest, abdomen, back and legs; he thrusts toward the woman several times and she laughs until his dance is interrupted by another woman in the audience that recognizes him as her grandson. Women at a bachelorette party wear glasses and headbands that have cutouts shaped like penises on them. A woman finds a condom in another woman’s bag and sticks it to her own hair.
► A woman says that she has hidden drugs in her vagina for a plane flight. Women discuss pelvic floor exercises and incontinence. A woman describes being able to break a bed (sexual activity implied). A remark is made about a woman having sex with cats. A woman describes being braless at a concert and that she “flashed” her bare breasts.
► A woman wears low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage in several scenes.

The Fabulous Four VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 – Three women attached to a parasail and a cable attached to a boat sail high in the sky and when the cable comes loose, they float away and crash-land on a beach on three other people sunbathing (we do not see injuries). A man riding a bicycle nearly runs a woman down and when he swerves to avoid her, he crashes into a pole and lands on the ground; he limps a bit afterward, but then seems uninjured. A man steals another man’s bicycle and a woman flings a Kegel ball at him hitting him in the back and knocking him off the bicycle (we do not see injuries). A woman accuses another woman of “stewing for years,” they argue and pull on each other’s clothes while shoving each other. A dancer at an exotic dance club falls off the stage when his grandmother calls his name from the audience (he is not injured). A woman faints (from low blood pressure) and falls hard onto a stage while singing; she is revived without injuries.
► An operating room shows a patient on an operating table with a covering that has a spot of blood on it. A woman carries an urn containing a man’s ashes on an airplane as a carry on. A woman imagines a large cat in an operating room performing heart surgery.
► Women argue about having lied to one woman. A man says that when he came out to his mother she kicked him out of the house. A woman talks about a friend and says, “She kicked me to the curb.” A woman talks about a friend betraying her and taking her boyfriend. A young boy asks his grandmother if she is going to Hell. A woman gives her mother leaflets about a retirement community and they argue. Several people laugh about a woman being inebriated and she becomes upset telling them to stop laughing at her. A man and a woman, during their wedding ceremony, decide not to get married.
► After smoking from a vape, eating numerous gummies and guzzling a bottle of champagne, a woman vomits into a wastebasket (we hear retching and splatter but do not see goo). A woman is bounced around in a massage chair. People talk about 6-toed cats in several scenes and we see photos of some cats with 6 or more toes. A woman spills champagne on a woman in a plane and a man spills beer on the same woman. A woman says that she gets seasick and doesn’t want to get on a boat (please see the Substance Use category for more details)

The Fabulous Four LANGUAGE 5

 – About 5 F-words, 5 sexual references, 2 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 13 mild obscenities, name-calling (gross, stupid smart house, [sexual reference deleted] lifestyle, baked, high, hopeless, fools, unbelievable, hammered, blitzed, joke, normal, martyr, cat lady), exclamations (serious as a heart attack, say what you mean, wow, oh my goodness, jeez, oh dear, gee, oh my gosh, not again, oh my goodness me, oh my word, come on man, I can’t believe it), 37 religious exclamations (e.g. oh thank God, oh God, hail Satan, oh my God, Jesus-y, my God). | profanity glossary |

The Fabulous Four SUBSTANCE USE

 – A woman eats a cannabis laced brownie, a woman takes several boxes of cannabis gummies and puts them in her pockets, when a woman says that she gets seasick another woman gives her cannabis laced chocolates saying that it will help, a man gives a woman a package containing gummies that the woman eats and seems inebriated, and a woman asks another woman if she is smuggling drugs on a plane and the other woman seems to suggest that she is, when a woman leaves her drink to go to the bathroom at a bar she says, “Make sure no one ruffies me” and another woman says that she wouldn’t mind, a woman smokes from a vape and eats several gummies after drinking a bottle of champagne (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details), and a woman identifies herself as an organic cannabis farmer and we see several plants in different stages of production. People drink champagne and beer on an airplane, people drink champagne in an exotic dance club, a man and woman drink glasses of wine in a bar, people drink cocktails at a bar, people drink champagne at a wedding reception, a woman drinks three cocktails in quick succession, a woman guzzles a bottle of champagne and burps loudly, and people drink beer on a self-propelled tram ride. A woman smokes from a vape in several scenes.

The Fabulous Four DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – College friendships, adventures, secrets, best friends, betrayal, aging, being judgmental, emotions, rushing into things, death of loved ones, aging in place, TikTok, polydactyl cats, courage, forgiveness, regret, last chances, coming out, Ernest Hemingway, Key West Florida, divorce, cults, lack of loving relationships, social media obsession.

The Fabulous Four MESSAGE

 – Life is too short to hold grudges.