| Overall: | C- |
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| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | D+ |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 118 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 01 Nov 2011 |
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Why Is Crazy, Stupid, Love. Rated PG-13?
Violence: Men engage in a fistfight, resulting in minor scrapes and bruises, as well as a visit from the police for creating a domestic disturbance. Male characters slap each other in the face.
Sexual Content: Pervasive sexual banter includes crude slang terms for sex and anatomy. Infidelity is frequently discussed. Married people casually commit adultery. A womanizer takes ladies home from the bar—sexual relations are implied. Couples undress one another. Passionate kisses are exchanged. A shirtless man is seen straddling a woman dressed in underwear, while they sensually caress each other. Male nudity is shown, with private body parts obscured. References are made to threesomes, oral sex, AIDS and an unplanned pregnancy. Adolescent masturbation is implied and joked about, along with fantasizing about women. A teen takes naked pictures of herself to give to a man (this is depicted as humorous and harmless).
Language: The script includes frequent mild and moderate profanities, plentiful terms of deity, a single use of an extreme sexual expletive and a crude hand gesture. There is also pervasive use of sexual slang terms.
Alcohol / Drug Use: Many of the scenes in this film take place in a bar where drinks are being served. Some characters appear drunk. Alcohol is consumed to escape depression, lose inhibitions and manipulate others. Alcohol is also depicted as a way to increase one’s courage in social settings and improve a person’s chances of bedding another.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
