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- Sex & Nudity (12)
- Violence & Gore (6)
- Profanity (2)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (3)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (6)
- Spoilers (5)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- An 11 year old boy and girl share a brief, innocent kiss.
- An 11 year old girl is not wearing her pants in her bed. And her underwear appears on the screen.
- In a group discussion at a creative writing class a hippy character tells a young girl to "feel his aura", although it's a harmless remark the girl answers that she "doesn't think I'm allowed to" implying that she thought he meant something sexual.
- A young girl has a crush on her male teacher. The teacher doesn't act on this.
- A young girl experiences her first period.
- The primary female character wears very short skirts/dresses and low cut tops throughout most of the movie.
- When Shelley and Harry are alone in her camper he feels her back for a bra (and doesn't find one), they then share a brief kiss.
- It is implied that Shelley and Vada have a discussion about sex and menstruation, after 11-year-old Vada tells her that she got period for the first time.
- A funeral parlor director accuses the make-up artist of making a dead woman look like a "two dollar hooker".
- In a creative writing class for adults, a young woman recites a poem that alludes to sex and touching the body.
- Shelley's ex-husband asks her if she's sleeping with Harry.
- Harry and Shelley are seen flirting and kissing during a scene where Vada spies on them during a funeral.
Violence & Gore
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- An 11 year old boy kills a fish with his foot.
- A dead body is shown in an embalming room.
- A man punches another man in the stomach.
- Some men get into a fist fight while playing bingo.
- Vada went to Thomas after she was put on make-up by Shelly, Thomas commented: "Your lips bleeding?"
- Vada forces Thomas J to pick his mosquito bite to make it bleed. She pricks her arm too, and they rub the blood together so they will be "blood brothers" for life.
Profanity
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- 1 use of God damn, 3 uses of shit, 1 use of ass, 1 use of hell
- A 11 year old girl calls her best friend a retard, some might find this mean and offensive.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Veda's father asks her to bring him a pack of cigarettes.
- Casual scenes of adults drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco.
- A young woman refers to "smoking a joint" in a poem she recites during a class. An 11-year-old girl is present while she reads it out loud.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- 11 year old boy and girl go out in the dark night without their parents permission.
- An 11 year old girl steals a woman's money offscreen.
- Although the film is marketed towards everyone, it is not a film for the faint-hearted. The film deals with difficult topics such as death.
- This film may be difficult to watch if you have been affected by the death of a child.
- Vada accuse herself of having certain symptoms. Going from jaundiced, hemorrhoids, chicken leg stuck in her throat, and a bee sting.
- Vada collapsed falsely in one scene.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- We see Thomas' body in a casket and his face is covered with bee stings.
- Thomas J. Is stung by a swarm of bees and dies offscreen.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- A young boy is attacked and stung to death by a swarm of bees.
- Thomas J is shown dead in a casket. It could be triggering to someone who has lost a child.
- During Thomas J.'s funeral Vada gets extremely emotional and has to be pulled away from the casket. This scene is extremely sad.
