• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  80s time-warp tale is meaty teen-parent viewing.

Why We Rated This for Ages 13 and Up

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Given the opportunity to change her future, Peggy Sue realizes she makes mostly the same decisions.
• Violence:

  An angry Charlie roughly pushes Peggy Sue against the wall.
• Sex:

  Peggy Sue discusses her husband's affair with a "bimbo." Back in the past, several couples kiss passionately, especially at a dimly lit "make-out party." Peggy Sue asks Charlie for sex, but he awkwardly refuses. In a later scene, they're obviously about to make love on the floor of a greenhouse (no nudity whatsoever). While in 1960, Peggy Sue also sleeps with the school's beatnik poet on a picnic blanket.
• Language:

  Occasional religious exclamations like "God!" or "God damn," as well as the standard PG-13 curses: "ass," "bitch," "s--t," etc. Several euphemisms for sex are used (intercourse, go to bed, make love, etc.), and Peggy Sue calls Charlie's penis various names ("thrill hammer," "thing," "Lucky Chucky," to name a few).
• Consumerism:

  Several inventions are mentioned but not their brands: running sneakers, computer chips, panty hose, etc.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  At the pivotal high school reunion, two characters are shown about to snort cocaine and others drink and smoke cigarettes. Back in 1960, Peggy Sue drinks in several scenes -- from her parents' liquor stash, with friends at a party, and at a lounge. She also smokes "reefer." Older men smoke pipes.

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