• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Parker Posey spy satire won't interest kids.

Why We Rated This for Ages 16–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Spies lie and cheat to get information; affiliations and loyalties change according to convenience; Fay's love for her son and Henry is true.
• Violence:

  Lots of talk about espionage, nuclear missiles, torture, and war zones (mostly abstract); some fights and shoot-outs (which tend to be stylized, in slow- and stop-motion and close-up); bomb threat; spy threatens to shoot a 14-year-old boy; French cops assault a building like a SWAT team.
• Sex:

  Ned receives a pornographic device in which he can view an orgy (it's never visible, but multiple viewers describe it, mentioning three participants and a goat); Fay says she read the "dirty parts" of Henry's confessions (no details); Ned is suspended for reportedly getting a blow job from two schoolgirls (again, no details); Fay appears in her tub while talking to her son (viewers see her from the neck up).
• Language:

  Several uses of "f--k," plus other occasional language, like "s--t," "a--hole," "half-assed," and "hell."
• Consumerism:

  Mention of Häagen-Dazs.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Characters (Fay, Henry, and Andre especially) smoke cigarettes and drink wine and liquor. Fay appears giddily drunk after drinking (off-screen) during a flight to Europe.

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