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House of D

(2005, Rated PG-13, Drama, Starring David Duchovny, Tea Leoni, Robin Williams)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 16.

  • Is it any good?

    1.0

  • Common Sense says

    Off-putting drama of growing up male in the 1970s.

Why We Rated This off for Ages 16 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Though he gets points for being independent and resourceful in trying circumstances, the scamp of a young hero routinely lies to his mother, tricks teachers, and does both to take the heat off his wayward buddy. Oh and he...kills somebody.

  • Violence:

    One window broken.

  • Sex:

    Frequent discussion of sex and lust. Tom's mother has a disconcerting habit of using the bathroom while her son's in the shower.

  • Language:

    Some pretty strong stuff for PG-13.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    One peripheral figure is an alcoholic; another character chain-smokes and overdoses on sleeping pills; another one constantly asks for marijuana.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About House of D

Parents need to know that this movie has locker-room talk of erections, masturbation, tricking the French teacher into saying English naughty words, and other matters in school; lurid family melodrama out of school, eventually encompassing robbery, suicide, and mercy-killing.

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