Parental guide PLEASE HELP


Hey guys, been using IMDB since I was 16, first post though. Desperately need help, and before I ask the ultimate question I am politely requesting kindness. My wife and I started watching this film and noticed quickly that the language was quite gratuitous and there was a scene that twice revealed a photo of women in thongs and we needed to know if this was all? We paused the movie about halfway through after Selena Gomez asked if the boy's penis worked. I searched all over the internet for an accurate parental guide but nope. Even IMDBs just says language so obviously if wasn't as precisely accurate as it normally is. Thanks in advance!
-Andrew

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Hi!

There are some *beep* and such, mainly from Selena's character. No sexual content (imo but I'm from the Netherlands so I guess I'm used to a lot haha!).
I can't even remember the thongs. Ah, you mean the poster on his wall that said 'enjoy the view'?

Well, I feel it was mainly language, no nudity and no drug use. :) Does it help?

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The movie is rated TV-MA: Some content may be unsuitable for children under 17

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I apologize in advance b/c you asked for kindness, but your post made it very difficult for me to honor that request.

How many red flags do you need before you give up on a movie? But to then go and "search all over the internet" looking for the rating? After the 7th red flag (hell, after the 2nd!) you should know 100% that this movie was not suitable for young children.

I don't even have kids and I knew going in that it wasn't for kids.

WOW, just WOW. 

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What kind of surprises me is that he didn't really mention kids.... Just him and his wife. Makes me think they're just a really boring conservative couple watching this movie without kids

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I noticed that too, but it does say "parental guide" in the title of the thread so I just assumed they had kids.

But this is even sadder (funnier?) if they don't have kids. 

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I watch movies with my "very conservative" mother. She doesn't like the strong sexual scenes. But she likes to watch movies. I use this website for the same reason, to know which movies we can see together without she getting disgusted with those scenes. So I understand why maybe he is looking for that info. We live in a free world, just live and let die.

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Yes, but watching sexual scenes with your mother is very different than with your spouse.

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They're in the Netherlands ... I doubt they're boring.

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Not that you aren't bothered by the extreme violence on TV, but it just astounds me that as much violence as we see everyday to which we seem anesthetized, hearing sounds that are labeled as "vulgur" is far less disturbing to me than seeing someone blown apart in slow motion during prime time. As for the thong pics, the only problem I have with those is the objectification of women. When we start seeing each other as human beings and less as objects the world will be a better place, if that ever happens. Liked but not loved the movie BTW. It was kind of canned and predictable, but heartwarming nonetheless, at least to me. Healing is often not the remission or end of illness, but trying to come to terms with it and find the lessons in it, which I know first hand.

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If you're that concerned over the content you viewed already then you should probably give up on all modern movies and tv and just stick to sitcoms form the 50s or something

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I hear you Andrew. I wanted to check out the movie before plopping down to watch it with my wife. IMDb said that language was an issue with use of the "s-word".
Now, I love a good SWORD movie as much as the next conservative fellow, but I don't often choose to listen to consistent, or gratuitous use of the f-word. I think that if the only parental guidance associated with this movie on IMDb is to watch out for the s-word, more than one person will be mislead into thinking that the proliferation of handicapped penis jokes might be the reason for the mature rating, as opposed to the use of the world's favorite bomb.
Incidentally, I switched off the movie after Selena commented on his shoes outside the gas station. That was unnecessary, but it high-lighted to me that the writers may have an agenda of turning a once-Disney princess into a cold, hard, cigarette smoking, hellion. Oh oh here she comes, watch out boy she'll chew you up...and then melt your heart with her sensitive side.

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Jesus. Guys we've got a prude over here. It's tv-ma, what'd you fúckin' expect?

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Since no one seems to have actually answered your post here, I'd like to.
After the scene in the restaurant, there is nothing else to be advised of other than swearing. I agree with you about how gratuitous it was, but I wasn't bothered by it. There is a scene at the end that shows the boy peeing from a cliff type thing, but you don't see anything besides the urine
If by that point in the movie in the restaurant you weren't invested enough to finish it because of the language you probably don't care to continue anyways, but I wanted to give you some more insight into what to expect. I really enjoyed this movie and it only got better after the scene where you turned it off. But if you decide not to watch it, you won't be missing anything really noteworthy; it was just a good movie for a night in to pass the time.

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Here, here, LittleLotti. I liked her answer. All were good, but, as you know, on the internet, people don't hold back from gratuitous insults.

I'd add that, though you're in the Netherlands where there isn't much that surprises you, you don't have to worry if you're worried about Selena vs. Paul. Frankly, I didn't notice the language much ... I guess I'm one of the desensitized ones. Just saw London Has Fallen ... talk about desensitization, in that case people are falling every two seconds. It was handled with a certain amount of art, no guts hanging out, maybe that's why I could take it, and also I was just studying the construction, she rationalizes.

Anyway, I think the language was integral to the character of Trevor ... and movies are meant to shock. Your question made me think about how many people I know who go around dropping the s- or f-bomb, and I do have a male relative who uses them for effect. But if the movie's action had happened around my house, it would have been very boring. Plus, the movie is all about s*** ... kinda hard to ignore the elephant in the room there. But maybe best not to show to anyone not of legal age, which is sad because I did think it was a cute heart-warmer.

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