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Common Sense Media Age 17

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Change doesn't happen overnight, and even the most disciplined people sometimes fail to follow through on promises to themselves and others, especially when it comes to addiction.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
A knock-out, drag-out fight between a man and his parents; while he's scuffling with his father, he accidentally hits his mother. Also, one of the main characters -- who's a sex addict -- objectifies women and is shown taping up his supervisor's skirt and rubbing up against a woman in a subway train.
Sex
Frank talk about sex addiction and the triggers for it. A quick montage of a man in various sexual positions with a woman (no genitals shown). Characters are shown masturbating -- viewers don't see their private parts, but it's clear what they're doing. A woman talks about her dysfunctional sex life with her ex-boyfriend in somewhat graphic terms. Pornographic photos on DVD holders are glimpsed briefly. A woman performs a lap dance for her boyfriend.
Language
Language includes frequent use of "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "douchebag,"" "g-ddamn," and more.
Consumerism
Brands/products seen include iPhone, Apple computers, McDonald's, Rampage, 3 Musketeers, and more.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Talk of alcohol addiction, but viewers don't see anyone getting drunk. Also talk of a young man's drug addiction, but he's not shown getting high.
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