Information for Parents

Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

Common Sense Media Age 16

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
While the movie doesn't raise profound issues, it addresses the difficulty of the teen/high school years in a way that teens can relate to. Sam's happiness is very much wrapped up in a guy.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Mild slapstick violence. In one scene, it's implied that a teen boy had sex with a girl while she was passed-out drunk.
Sex
Teens and sex are central, with lots of talk about body parts, much of it vulgar. Kissing. A shower scene shows a girl's naked torso. A high school kid coaxes a girl into giving him her panties and shows them to bathroom full of freshmen for a dollar. Drunken sex is implied.
Language
Some use of the words "f--k" and "s--t."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Teens drink to the point of passing out. Hung-over characters question whether they were intimate while drunk. A woman overdoes muscle-relaxant pills and gets completely loopy.
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