Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that this movie includes sexual references (primarily, men or boys ogling tight-dressed women), crude humor (jokes about a girl wearing braces and other boyish shenanigans), and some language (including the "N" word). As a coming of age story, the movie focuses on the ways a family copes with the recent death of the mother. Father-son tensions eventually lead to a fight, where son smashes his dad's car with a crowbar, and then tearful reconciliation.
Sexual
Content
Some references to sex, mostly men or boys ogliing tightly dressed women.
Violence
Some fighting between boys, Bow Wow smashes his dad's car with a crowbar.
Language
Including damn, ass, mo-fo, motherf***r, and the n-word.
Social
Behavior
Kids are sweet, roller-skating is fun, father and son come together.
Consumerism
Nostaligic product everywhere, including references to What's Happening!!, Kool-Aid, The Mod Squad, Fruit of the Loom, the Fonz (Happy Days), Baretta, Kung Fu, Jordache Jeans, Fat Albert, YooHoo, Pacman, Ford Mustang, Atari.
Drugs / Tobacco /
Alcohol
Brief drinking at a party attended by adults.