Andie the Great | 2021 | NR | – 5.2.6

Why is “Andie the Great” rated NR? The MPAA has not rated this film. The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a near sex scene with partial nudity, a couple of kissing scenes, several references to sex, frank discussions of coming out as gay, discussions of puberty, arguments and discussions of responsibility and finding your path in life, and nearly 20 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 young woman (Matreya Scarrwener) returns home after deciding that college is not really for her, she reconnects with old friends but struggles to find a path and make plans for her future. Also with Michael Wener, David Laurence, Josh Romyn, Anesha Bailey, Alex Barima, Rylee Dent, Clive Holloway, Jeff Holloway, Taylor Kare, David Laurence and Jessica McLeod. Directed by David Laurence & Josh Romyn. [Running Time: 1:12]

Andie the Great SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A young man and a young woman kiss passionately, they kiss again as they go into her room and they lie back on a bed where she takes off her top and straddles him (we see her bare back, bra, abdomen and cleavage); she puts his hand on her clothed breast and they are interrupted when the young woman’s father opens a curtain to her room. A young man and a young woman hug and kiss a few times. A pre-teen boy sits on a toilet in a bathroom and looks at his phone as he takes a box of tissues and places them next to him (masturbation is implied).
► A husband and his wife kiss and hug. Two women hug in greeting in several scenes. A young woman tries on clothes in a shop and poses in front of a mirror.
► A man in a therapy session tells his therapist that he is gay and is afraid to tell his children. A young woman refers to a young man as “the only gay in the village.” A husband makes a comment to his wife about her getting pregnant and says, “I knocked you up at the right time.” A woman teases another woman about liking to put pointy things in tiny holes while playing cribbage. Two women tease each other about seemingly wanting to have a sexual relationship with a man who is their neighbor. Two women argue about one of them having many sexual partners. A young woman tries to arrange for a man (that she overhears is gay) and her friend (who is gay) to meet (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). A pre-teen boy tells a young woman, “If you are looking for comfort in another man’s arms, my room is upstairs.” A pre-teen boy asks his older sister what he should do if he likes a girl, “Just kiss her?”; the sister tells him that there is a difference between flirting and assault and that he can’t just go around hitting on people. A young man tells a young woman that he is not gay and that he has been pretending since high school to try to be cool. Two women talk about playing the twin game on the man one of them married. Two women talk about having a man sit between them in a theater and one refers to both of them having sex with him. A young woman makes a comment about a young man leering at his younger students (he’s a TA).
► A young woman wears short-shorts that reveal her bare legs to the upper thighs and partial bare buttock. A woman wears low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage in a few scenes. A young woman wears a crop top that reveals her bare abdomen. A young woman wears a low-cut top that reveals cleavage and her bare abdomen. A shirtless man lies in bed and we see his bare chest, abdomen and back.

Andie the Great VIOLENCE/GORE 2

 – A woman tells her adult daughter that she is not responsible enough for a pet after she finds a stray cat at a bus stop. A woman reprimands her adult daughter for drinking during the day. A man repeatedly makes insulting remarks about his children. A young man is dismissive toward a young woman and she complains that she doesn’t want to be “another business major.” A woman jokes about having killed her husband. A young woman tries to arrange for a man (that she overhears is gay) and her friend (who is gay to meet) and when the man realizes what is happening he becomes upset and leaves. A young man nervously apologizes to a man after the man sees the young man and the man’s adult daughter having sex (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details). A woman fires her adult daughter, who works for her, after she eavesdropped on a therapy session the woman was having with a man. A woman tells her adult daughter that she will charge her rent for living at home. A pre-teen boy jokingly tells his sister that he hates her guts. A husband and his wife argue about where he found his inspiration to write a play.
► A pre-teen boy makes a gagging sound when his older sister hugs him.

Andie the Great LANGUAGE 6

 – About 19 F-words, 9 sexual references, 15 scatological terms, 11 anatomical terms, 10 mild obscenities, name-calling (college dropout, homeless, neighborhood tricycle, unemployed, bastard, lame, kiddo, lame, queer, giant douche, slutty eyes, gambling hos, old kook, crazy eyes, obnoxious, disapproving, hovering, child, terrible, meddling, love machine, captor, fancy lady food, obscure, weird, lark, eavesdropping, loosey goosey, jerk, little girl, bland, Yoda, dark, gross, gloater, little man, old people band, the only gay in the village, dumb, stupid), exclamations (shut-up, nonsense, gosh darn, ew, heck, yikes, wow, oh come on), 1 religious profanity (GD), 11 religious exclamations (Oh My God, My God, Oh God, Jesus, Jesus Christ). | profanity glossary |

Andie the Great SUBSTANCE USE

 – A man smokes a marijuana cigarette and offers it to his adult daughter (she declines), a young woman gets a beer for herself and her father, a young man says that he’s “pretty high right now,” a man says that he has to go smoke a joint before a play because he is nervous, a young woman refers to a young man as being stoned frequently in high school, a woman tells a young man that she knows he is always working high, there are several references to people getting high and stoned, and a young woman says to give her “a beer and a joint.” A young man and a young woman order beers at a bar and drink them, a young woman gets a beer and when her mother reprimands her she talks about being unemployed and wanting to day drink, a man tells a young woman that he is drinking more, and three people meet in a bar and drink beer together.

Andie the Great DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Dropping out of college, taking time to find your path, taking things seriously, potential, inspiration, fear, puberty, autism, Asperger’s, respect, coming out as gay.

Andie the Great MESSAGE

 – Finding your path can be difficult, but it’s worth taking the time to do it.