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Love Don't Cost a Thing
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Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16. -
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Common Sense says
Missed opportunity full of dubious messages.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 16 and Under
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What Parents Need to Know
About Love Don't Cost a Thing
Parents need to know that there are plenty of flinch-inducing situations including one where Al's father pressures his son to have sex without any regard to his son's emotional maturity or to the strength of the relationship his son might have. The most painful of these scenes involves Mr. Johnson demonstrating how to put a condom on a bottle with one hand while keeping the attention of an imaginary girlfriend. Young men are repeatedly told that they should be "players", not respecting their female counterparts as people but seeing them instead as objects. Finally, the movie seems to buy into a high school notion of merit, with a person's worth measured by who they are dating and which expensive labels they wear.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
bad
this is a really bad movie for kid to watch and i don't think anyone the age of 17 should watch this movie. and the 1st one was better
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
LOVE DON'T COST A THING
Being a fan of cutsey teen films and gross outs (i.e. AMERICAN PIE), thought this movie was cute and interesting. But I was absolutley appaled by a PG-13 rating on a film that has references to sex, men beinging "playas", and the worst part: a father showing his son how to put a condom on while keeping your girlfriends interest to have sex(WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). I expected this to be lighthearted, but in return I got an R-Rated, Sexfest, Sean John commercial.
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