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Certification
| MPAA | Rated PG-13 for violent content, some thematic material and language |
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Sex & Nudity
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- Barely any, though there is a lengthy kissing scene between a husband and wife that almost escalates into a sexual scene before ending.
Violence & Gore
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- There is a violent chaotic fight scene between a group of students at the school.
- A boy goes to a convenience store to kill a student he fought with at school but he accidentally shoots and kills another boy.
- There is a brief scene of a man strangling a woman with a belt as a girl attempts to stop the altercation but she gets slapped with the belt and the man throws the woman out aggressively and he's seen a second later slapping the girl with a belt repeatedly.
- Most of Erin's students mentioned that they were beaten by family members and bullies. There are a few scenes of students getting beaten.
- A child is shot accidentally offscreen (we see his body briefly), and a cousin is killed in a drive-by shooting (again, this is offscreen, but we do see him briefly on the ground). There is a brief shootout (nobody is shown being hit), as well as a crossfire scene where a teenager is shot accidentally when the target was actually another teenager. There are also several scenes of teenagers involved in gang-related fighting, and talk and scenes of a mother and a teenager being physically abused.
- Additionally, there are discussions relating to the Holocaust, though with minimal visual display.
- The film opens with apparent news footage from the Los Angeles Rodney King riots that depict explosions, fires, rioters, and police.
Profanity
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- A teacher tells a student the f-word
- 1 use of the N word.
- 3 misuses of God's name, 1 misuse of Jesus's name.
- Two uses of the f-word. Teenagers do curse heavily, but use significantly milder obscenities.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- A teacher passes out sparkling cider (non-alcoholic) to her students and asks them to propose a "Toast for Change."
- Adults drink wine with dinner and during a discussion at home while seated at a table.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The opening of the movie shows harrowing real-life news footage from the Rodney King riots; the theme of the film is intolerance and racism during the Holocaust and how these prejudices play out today among teenagers and those involved in gang violence. Several characters are threatened by guns throughout the film, and three peripheral characters are killed. A miniature riot happens in a schoolyard, and various students use guns outside school throughout the film.
- There is also some disturbing conversation about the Holocaust.
