Parents need to know that while all the violence here involves cream pies and cream-loaded "splurge guns," there's still menace behind it and characters do "die" of their cream-filled wounds. There are cream massacres and cream-pie hits. There's also a great deal of sexualization of tween girls, with young girls saying that they watch their figures and dancing suggestively. Jodie Foster's character sings about how the men in the audience "don't have to be lonely."
Positive messages:Lots of kid-themed debauchery, including a bootleg sarsaparilla racket, stealing, and breaking the law.
Violence & scariness:Lots of comic violence with guns filled with cream. Instead of being shot with bullets, kids are "killed" with the help of semiautomatic "splurge guns." Scenes with these guns include a massacre at a speakeasy and pies in the face. Bugsy gets beaten up and robbed. Leroy boxes and punches someone out in the ring.
Sexy stuff:Lots of tween girls wearing sexy outfits, but no sexual behavior. Tallulah kisses Bugsy on the forehead.
Violence (G): Kids use splurgers to freeze each other in time.
Sexual Content (PG): Little girls wearing sexy stage outfits, little smoochings.
Language (G): One use of hell.
Violence(green): Children fight with whipped cream filled guns, freezing each other when shot.
Sexual Content (green): Girls wear sexy outfits, Tallulah smoochs Bugsy, flirting with him, there is a realationship between Bugsy and Blousey.
Language (green): One use of hell.
Drugs/Tobacco/Alchohol (white): Fat Sam owns a bar where underaged drinkers drink beers and root beers.
its one of my favorite movies. It fun to watch. and has a twist in it. My cousin was in a musical of it. once I saw the play I knew I was ready for the movie!
age 8
I'm in a stage version, and have to disagree with common sense. splurges don't kill, they 'put people in their place'. but that might just have been our director's idea because we have a smallish cast. tallula flirts with bugsy, and blousey and bugsy go out for icecream, but it's really not scary or anything