Mar 03,1989
| nudity | 4/10 When showing the disorder in the school, the camera shoots to a girl being bullied by other girls. Her shirt is torn off and she covers her breasts from the camera (no nudity shown, but full bare back). A boy is told to keep control of his hormones as he tries to woo a girl. One girl wear scantly, tight fitting clothes and another girl is pregnant, like her mother was when the mother was the girl's age. A student motions towards his crotch as an insult to a woman. |
| violence | 4/10 Some students get in a fight between each other. A teacher is beaten by a student and his head is slammed into the hard floor multiple times (blood is shown). He is then seen being carted out of the school on a stretcher by paramedics. A young drug dealer beats up another student, giving him a black eye and a bloodied nose. He pulls a knife on the principal who punches him. Guns are shown. |
| profanity | 2/10 Multiple uses of the s-word. Clark (Freeman) says "go to hell." Some of the lyrics in the soundtrack contain bad words/phrases. Clark tells a kid that if he wants to kill himself "don't fuck around with it" |
| alcohol | 3/10 Students are known for taking drugs and one student is shown accepting drugs from a drug dealer. Many students smoke at the beginning of the movie before the new principal (Freeman) rules it forbidden. Clark (Freeman) tells a young student who has been smoking crack that the student will kill himself if he keeps taking drugs. |
| frightening | PG-13 is the re-rating. This movie came out in 1989, a year before PG-13 was a rating, so when it first came out it was PG. Re-rating: PG-13 for a sexual scene, language and violence Suitable for 13+ |
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