Information for Parents

Breaking In

Breaking In

Common Sense Media Age 14

Parents Need To Know

Message

Main message seems to be that moms are tough and not to be trifled with, which is hard to dispute.

Violence

Guns and shooting. Characters are killed. Woman are beaten, punched, thrown by men. Other characters are beaten. A man is hit by a truck. Head-stomping. Character stabbed/sliced with knives, broken glass, etc. Some blood stains/wounds shown. Teen girl hit/threatened; threat of rape. Children in peril. Characters fall down a hill/from high places. Reference to a man being "on his knees in the shower stall" while in jail.

Sex

Reference to a teen girl having a boyfriend and listening to "sex songs." Reference to a man "banging" a woman.

Language

A use of "f--k," plus several uses of "s--t," "bitch," "freakin'," "hell," "ass," "goddamn," and "Jesus" (as an exclamation).

Consumerism

Nike jacket briefly shown.

Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

Adult drinks a glass of wine. Reference to a character being a "tweaker." A character has a length of rubber hose in his pocket; possibly drug paraphernalia, but not confirmed.
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