• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 16.

• Is it any good?

  2.0

• Common Sense says

  This missing child drama is not for kids.

Why We Rated This for Ages 16–17

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  White characters (including cops) display racist attitudes toward young black men; black character refers to white police officer's "hillbilly ass" white cop refers to black suspect as a "monkey" cops abuse suspects; a woman describes the history of an instutition where children were abused; a woman has an affair with a married man (off screen); riot at end is framed as rebellion and frustration.
• Violence:

  Descriptions of children's abuse in an institution and a child being buried; imagery includes Brenda's flashback where anonymous carjacker throws her to ground and her hands bleed; she hits her own head in frustration (with fists and against a door); she becomes hysterical in interrogation room and must be restrained; cops beat "suspects" with batons; cops beat suspect, leaving him bloodied and bruised; Lorenzo hits his head against a window, leaving glass broken and a bloody cut; riots break out, burning appliances and buildings.
• Sex:

  Reference to being "knocked up," a woman describes her sexual affair with a neighbor, focusing mostly on her loneliness and desire rather than the phsyical aspects.
• Language:

  Frequent f-words, plus multiple uses of "hell," s-word, and "damn."
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  References to drug/alcohol addictions (Brenda and Lorenzo); cops say a young man was spotted with a bag of marijuana (off screen).

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