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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for sexuality, language, drug use and some violence - all involving teens
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • The film is sexually very explicit and the participants in the acts shown are almost all teenagers.
  • In the opening scene, two teenage girls watch naked boys shower. Their buttocks and bare backs are shown. The girls later comment on them.
  • A video of a teenage girl dancing suggestively is shown throughout the film. The girl gradually undresses. Full female nudity. It is implied she was molested by a man.
  • A woman is shown sitting on top of a man. They kiss passionately. Both are fully clothed.
  • A girl confesses to another girl that she took part in a porn film.
  • A group of neo-Nazis make crude remarks about two girls.
  • A man confronts his daughter about her sex life after discovering condoms in her room.
  • A boy and a girl have sex. They are both fully nude, but only their buttocks are shown. The girl is visibly uncomfortable because she is a virgin. They are interrupted by the girl's father. Later, the girl discusses this with her friend on the phone and makes a crude joke about incest.
  • A man orders a teenage girl to undress and attempts to rape her. However, the girl is rescued.
  • A girl and a young man have sex in a field. They are fully nude, but the scene is darkly lit and rather emotional. Only their bare backs and legs are shown.
  • A girl sits on a much older man's knees. They kiss passionately and the man grabs the girl. It is implied that they had sex.
  • A woman forcibly drags off a girl's top, leaving her in her bra.
  • A girl has sex with a young man. His buttocks and thrusting movements are shown.
  • There is a running 'gag' that a girl only has boyfriends because she has big breasts.
  • There is constant crude talk about sex throughout the film.

Violence & Gore

  • A girl vomits. She later scratches a car with her keys and kicks it until the alarm starts ringing.
  • A girl tells another girl about her abusive father and shows her bruises on her back.
  • A girl is attacked by a man who attempts to rape her. Another girl rushes in and knocks the man unconscious.
  • A woman slaps a girl.

Profanity

  • Mild and infrequent. "Shit" is the word most commonly used. There is lots of crude, sexual talk.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A girl smokes almost constantly throughout the film, because she believes that it will prevent her breasts from growing. Another girl remarks on her habit, but also takes up smoking later in the film.
  • Alcohol is consumed all throughout the film, whether it is in a social way or excessive drinking in nightclubs.
  • Two girls snort lines of cocaine.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film is very dark in tone.
  • The assault scene and the scene at the party where the girls take drugs are very disturbing.

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Violence & Gore

  • A girl attempts to commit suicide by slitting her veins (off-screen) and bleeds into a bucket. She is later discovered by another girl.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The suicide scene is also intense.

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