Nobody’s Fool | 2018 | R | – 7.3.7

Why is “Nobody’s Fool” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “sexual content and language throughout, and for drug material.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes two sex scenes that involve some mostly male nudity, many sexual references, a couple of scenes of violence without evident injuries, threats of violence, and over 20 F-words. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.”

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Searching for the perfect man leaves a successful ad executive (Tika Sumpter) frustrated. When her sister (Tiffany Haddish), often infuriating but streetwise and fresh out of prison moves in, she immediately suspects that an online relationship is definitely not what it seems. Also with Courtney Henggeler, Missi Pyle, Whoopi Goldberg, Omari Hardwick, Mehcad Brooks, Jon Rudnitsky and Amber Riley. Directed by Tyler Perry. [Running Time: 1:50]

Nobody’s Fool SEX/NUDITY 7

 – A man and a woman have sex in the back of a car: we see him thrusting on top of her, she sits up and pushes his head toward her crotch (the view is obscured by the car door), we see legs and arms moving and flailing and hear rhythmic moaning and screaming. A woman kisses a man and lays him back on a sofa where they continue to kiss and remove each other’s clothing (we see his bare chest, abdomen, hips and back and her cleavage and bare legs) as they each trust in several positions. A man and woman kiss as they enter a hotel room, he lifts her up and puts her on a bed where he thrusts and makes loud noises (both are still clothed), and then he gets up and goes to the bathroom where he drops his pants to wash himself (we see his bare buttocks and upper thighs).
► A woman in a car asks a man if he wants oral sex and tries to lean over to reach his lap but the seatbelt holds her back. A woman tries to seduce two men who decline her invitations. A woman sits on a man’s lap and he quickly gets up and moves complaining of “bad knees.” A man invites woman to have sex with him and describes the acts that he can perform on her; she backs away (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details).
► A man and a woman undress rapidly and kiss, then fall back into a bed and we see the man shirtless and the woman is covered to the upper chest with a sheet (cleavage is visible). A man and a woman flirt in a coffee shop several times. A woman instructs a man how to fix his coffee machine and there are several allusions that sound sexual, accompanied by her reactions that suggest that she is aroused. A man and a woman kiss in the back seat of a car (she is straddling his lap) while a drive-in movie plays. A shirtless man (we see his bare chest, abdomen and back) climbs into bed with a woman and kisses her hand, and she says, “I’m not in the mood.”
► A woman wearing underwear (we see cleavage, bare abdomen, legs, buttocks and back) dances around her apartment with shimmying and thrusting gestures. A woman gets out of bed wearing underwear that reveals cleavage, bare abdomen, legs, buttocks and back. A woman wears a lace trimmed camisole and we see cleavage and bare back. A woman wears a low-cut T-shirt that reveals cleavage and shorts that reveal her bare legs to the upper thighs. A woman wears a low-cut evening dress that reveals cleavage and bare upper back. A woman wears a dress that his slit up to the upper thigh.
► We hear that a man and a woman have had a relationship for a year but have never met. A woman makes a reference to having had breast augmentation and that she should have gotten them larger. A woman talks about having a list of things that she wants in her ideal man. A woman says that the man she was having sex with was visiting his wife. A woman makes a sexual gesture with her hand. A man and a woman talk on the phone about meeting and the woman wonders if they will have chemistry. A woman says, “I thought I was gonna have to sleep with him or something” (in order to get a job). Two women talk about one of them having sex with a man and she describes that it was good and talks about his size. A woman asks another woman if a man is circumcised. A woman tells her sister that she had sex with the sister’s boyfriend and they argue.

Nobody's Fool VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 - After a man offers to have sex with a woman and confesses to posing as another man, another woman with her throws a lighter on his hair, it catches fire, he screams, jumps out of his wheelchair and jumps into a kiddie pool to douse the flames (no injuries are shown).
► A woman yells at a man and a woman at the alter during their wedding, and then lunges at the man (the scene cuts away so we do not see the altercation). A woman tries to climb over a counter to get to a man as she yells at him and threatens to kill him. Two women yell at each other in several scenes.
► Two women argue and one threatens to "slap the black off your [anatomical term deleted]." A woman yells at two men and a woman about whether her boyfriend is real or not. A woman says that she choked a man out (we do not see this). We hear that a woman is getting out of jail after 5 years (presumably for drug related offenses). A woman tells her sister to stop "talking white" and to "black up." We hear that a man broke up with a woman after he proposed to her and that he is marrying another woman. A woman says that she has jail flashbacks. A man talks about having been in jail for 7 years. A woman argues with her daughter and won't allow her to stay with her. A woman is suspended from her job. A woman says, "I will punch you dead." A woman tells another woman, "You're about to get balled." A woman talks about her tattoo getting infected. A woman makes a reference to movie "Deliverance" (which contains rape scenes) as they approach a trailer park. A man talks about being raised by a single mother.
► A man and a woman roller-skate and fall down (they are not harmed). A woman sings to a man outside his cabin and it pours rain on her.

Nobody's Fool LANGUAGE 7

 - About 23 F-words and its derivatives, 15 sexual references, 26 scatological terms, 32 anatomical terms, 51 mild obscenities, 8 derogatory terms for African-Americans, name-calling ("heterolesbiansexual," fool, list dude, gay, violent, gangster, nasty, bastard, snitch, emotional horder, ho, hos, crazy, stupid), exclamations (shut-up), 5 religious exclamations (e.g. Lord, Jesus, Oh My God). | profanity glossary |

Nobody's Fool SUBSTANCE USE

 - A woman smokes marijuana in her house and says it's for her arthritis, a woman smokes a marijuana cigarette in a coffee shop after hours and says that she has a prescription for it, a woman is shown watering large marijuana plants in her home, a woman talks about "selling some weed," a woman is told that she cannot use drugs after her release from prison, a man talks about getting high for years, people in AA meetings talk about their addictions, a man talks about watching his father going into an alley to get heroin when the man was a boy, a woman talks about hitting the pipe, and a woman asks another woman if she is high. A woman is told that she cannot use alcohol after she is released from prison, a woman pours two large glasses of wine and drinks from one, a woman pours two glasses of wine (we do not see anyone drinking), a man and woman drink wine and shots in a restaurant, and people in a bar are shown drinking alcohol. A man smokes in the back of a car (it's not clear if it's tobacco or marijuana).

Nobody's Fool DISCUSSION TOPICS

 - Sisters, expecting perfection in others, love, relationships, catfishing (Internet scam), the advertising business, success, failure, depression, unreasonable expectations, secrets, disappointment, single parenting, flaws, AA, prison reform, employment after prison.

Nobody's Fool MESSAGE

 - Love is not easy.