House Party | 2023 | ratingrating | – 5.7.10

Why is “House Party” rated ratingrating? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “pervasive language, drug use, sexual material and some violence.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes an implied S&M sex act including partial nudity, suggestive remarks and dancing, a few kisses, a fight sequence that includes a man being beheaded and a stabbing death, a fight scene with punches and kicks, a koala bear attacking a few people without injuries shown, several arguments with yelling and threats of physical violence, some drug use, and over 90 F-words and other strong language Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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When two lifelong friends (Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole) are desperate to raise money, they plan a house party that will end all house parties — but in someone else’s house. Also with Karen Obilom, D.C. Young Fly, Shakira Ja’nai Paye, Melvin Gregg, Allen Maldonado, Rotimi, Kid Cudi, Mya and Andrew Santino. Directed by Calmatic. [Running Time: 1:40]

House Party SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A woman wearing a skimpy outfit (we see cleavage, bare abdomen and legs to the hips) and holding a whip stands over a fully nude man (we see his bare back, legs side, buttocks and scrotum between his legs) and slaps him with the whip.
► Two people kiss passionately against a wall. A man and woman kiss and hug. A man kisses a woman on the cheek.
► A shirtless man sits on a bed and a woman wearing bra and underwear sits next to him (the man’s bare chest and abdomen are seen and the woman’s cleavage, bare abdomen, back, legs to the hips and partial buttocks are shown) as another man enters the room and interrupts what they are doing. A DJ dances suggestively and removes articles of his clothing (we see his bare chest and abdomen) while performing at a baby shower and the mother-to-be is alarmed. Men and women dance suggestively at a party with two women thrusting their hips and buttocks toward each other and two men and one woman rubbing her buttocks on a man’s crotch (they are all clothed). A man says that he is hoping to have a famous man sign something for him and when he reaches for his pants two other men are alarmed; the first man says, “I don’t do that anymore,” and pulls up his shirt to reveal a team T-shirt with the man’s number on it. A man dances around statues while on a cleaning job and thrusts in a sexual manner toward one.
► A woman talks suggestively about a high-school friend of her son’s. A man says that he is looking forward to spooning on the beach with his wife during his retirement. A man tells a woman that she looks amazing. A man says, “I might even fall in love.” A man revs a car’s engine as two women approach and seem to be flirting with him.
► A couple of women wearing skimpy bottoms that reveal partial bare buttocks and legs to the hips pole dance during a large party. A man threatens another man with violent acts to his genitals in a couple of scenes. A woman wears a bikini in a swimming pool and we see cleavage, bare abdomen, and legs to the hips. A man wears swim trunks that reveal his bare chest, abdomen and back in a couple of pool scenes. Women at a party wear tight-fitting, low-cut and short dresses that reveal cleavage, bare abdomens, bare legs to the hips and the outlines of their breasts, buttocks and hips.

House Party VIOLENCE/GORE 7

 – Two men are grabbed by other people in a large gathering, each man picks up a weapon (one takes a hammer and one takes a wrench), and stand in a ring where other men holding weapons growl at them until someone off-screen cuts off one of their heads (we see the head separate and blood and tissue are shown); a man fights with other men kicking and slashing them with a knife until he stabs one man in both shoulders (we see blood and hear squishing), and one wounded man pins another man on the floor and stabs him in the chest (the wounded man coughs up blood and his sweater is stained with blood); the attacker is then struck from behind and falls to the floor.
► A security guard punches a man in the stomach for complaining about having to wait in line; the injured man falls into some bushes, gets up and says that he is going to get his gun and come back to shoot everyone. A man punches another man in the face and throws him to the ground; one man holds the wounded man and the other man punches him a few more times and the men kick him until one of the attackers is attacked by a koala bear and the men run away. A koala bear attacks a man and shrieks and the man yells until a woman intervenes (we do not see injuries). A seemingly dead man gasps and gets up and his hair changes color.
► Several men acting in a security detail cock their weapons and prepare for a party. Three men walk through a house and cause damage; one man breaks a painting over his knee, and a man shatters a glass case open and steals a valuable ring from inside. A man falls through a hole in the floor (we see a hole in the floor but do not see the man). A man tries to keep a woman from leaving a house and she struggles with him and tells him to get off her.
► Two men argue bitterly. A man yells violent threats at people in a few scenes including threatening gruesome bodily harm and burning houses down. A woman yells at her adult son to wake him up and tells him that his room smells; when he does not get up right away, she yells, “Don’t make me get my gun.” Two men talk about being blackballed from party planning. A DJ sings along with a song at a venue and repeats insulting remarks about former president Donald Trump. A woman jokingly says that she is contemplating killing a man. A man complains about there being too much laughing at a party. A man makes a remark about a cat throwing up (we do not see the act or the result).
► Two men smoke marijuana in a garden and are startled by something rushing through the bushes; we later see that it was a koala bear. A man is shown being arrested and taken away in a police car. A man shoves another man on the basketball court.
► A man walks through another man’s house, lies on his bed, gets sprayed by the bidet in the toilet, tries on the homeowner’s jacket, and finds a trophy room and tastes a white powder in a chalice (it’s not a drug).
► A man snorts loudly and spits on the ground (we see goo leave his mouth). A man burps loudly. A man asks another man if he flatulated after we hear a sound.

House Party LANGUAGE 10

 – About 92 F-words and its derivatives, 7 sexual references, 117 scatological terms, 44 anatomical terms, 44 mild obscenities, 28 derogatory terms for African-American people, name-calling (weird, pop lockin, stupid, thirsty, roach face, scary, mad man, crackhead, weak, blackballed, lazy rude, stupidest idea, ho, cap, bro, selfish, idiot, jealous, cheap, weirdos, sweet chunky Black baby Jesus, broke, dawg), exclamations (poof, skedaddle, relax, toodles, oh my goodness, chill, kinda dope, shut the [F-word deleted] up, shut-up, low-key, sheesh, get off me, calm down, come on), 5 religious profanities (GD), 14 religious exclamations (e.g. Jesus, oh my God, God bless you, sweet chunky Black baby Jesus). | profanity glossary |

House Party SUBSTANCE USE

 – Two men smoke marijuana while working on cleaning jobs in a couple of scenes and we see a video of them doing so at one property, a couple of people smoke marijuana cigarettes in a house, three men smoke a drug from a bong and appear to be hallucinating, a man says that another man imagines himself time travelling when he is very high, and a koala bear is shown to be under the influence after smoking a drug. A woman says that she is a little tipsy, and two men drink from glasses of what appears to be wine and we are told that it is blood.

House Party DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Rich vs. broke, LeBron James, success, taking responsibility for one’s actions, time travelling, Illuminati, dreams.

House Party MESSAGE

 – Dreams are worth chasing.