Information for Parents

Wonder Wheel

Wonder Wheel

Common Sense Media Age 15

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
This is a dark movie that isn't characterized by positive messages. Bad things happen to good people, though some at least attempt to come clean about difficult secrets and/or overcome pride to heal a family rift.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
The violence -- reports of domestic abuse and mob killings -- takes place offscreen but has an impact. A presumed mob killing isn't shown but is meant to linger in the mind. A young character is a pyromaniac.
Sex
One scene of characters having sex in public; both partners are almost fully clothed. Less specific/adult talk of sex than typical in a Woody Allen film, but it's still present. An extramarital affair is key to the story, so viewers see several encounters beginning or ending (arriving at a bedroom, etc.).
Language
Language isn't constant or extreme but includes "goddamn," "hell," "crap," "Jesus Christ" (as an exclamation), a possible use of "f--k" (hard to be sure), and some name-calling and derogatory ethnic terms.
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Virtually no drinking or smoking until the final third of the film, when characters crack under stress. Then there's drinking/drunkenness and stress smoking. The drinking, particularly, is presented negatively (one character is an alcoholic who's trying to overcome his addiction and history of domestic abuse).
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