Extract (R, 2009)
common sense media says
Work-set comedy dwells on sex, marriage; not for young kids.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this lukewarm workplace comedy from Mike Judge (of King of the Hill and Office Space fame) includes a good bit of talk about sex, but no actual sex scenes or nudity (though many of the male characters do their share of leering at women). Three men smoke pot with a bong, and there's some social drinking and salty language (including "f--k" and "s--t"), as well as a few comments that stray into sexist/stereotype territory. The main character contemplates adultery and comes up with a way to do so without guilt (or so he thinks).
Positive role models:
Just about everyone behaves badly in the movie: The lead character hires a gigolo to bed his wife so he can cheat guilt-free, another character steals and cons her way through the film (sometimes gleefully), yet another is prejudiced, and the male characters do their share of leering at the women. But it’s all played in jest, and Joel is basically a nice guy in the most fundamental sense of the word.
Violence:
A guy beats someone up, though all viewers see is the shiner he gets afterward, rather than the actual hit. A woman literally scolds a neighbor to death.
Sex:
Sex and hooking up are implied and discussed (including phrases like "hit that" and "give it to you") quite frequently, but it doesn't get too raunchy, and nothing physical -- not even underwear-clad characters -- is seen. There's some leering at attractive women on the part of men, and a guy tries to kiss a girl, but she demurs. A husband pays another man to seduce his wife.
Language:
Crude and rude, with everything from “s--t” (many times) and a few uses of "f--k" to "laid," "damn," "c--k," "ass," "damn," "hell," "goddamn," and "oh my God."
Consumerism:
A smattering of product placements and logos, including Best Western, Heineken, and Pepsi.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Social drinking, plus a scene in which a character smokes dope via a bong. A man encourages his best friend to take a pill thinking it’s a Xanax, but it’s actually a harder drug (“Special K”).
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ilikemusik23
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adult
Better than i expected
I was expecting this movie to be more of a rental but it was actally a lot better than i expected. It's funny but not Laugh-out-loud funny, but what i really enjoyed about the film was the plot and all the things that were going on in the movie kept me very interested. I would say it;s ok for ages 15 and up. There is some swearing but nothing too explicit (espically for an R rated comedy), some sexual content and 2 scenes of drug use where a man accidently takes a wrong pill and a scene where men are smoking bongs.
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SLUMDOG
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
hilarious workplace place comedyfull of drugs
the movie is one of the fall's funniest movies me and my dad love this movie especially the ending which is comedy gold then the accident is some how the best joke of any movie made and released all year. the movie is mosylty r rated for the drugs a guy takes horse tranqulizer nad does crack thelawyer joe addler is the funniest man ever especially when he offers to drop the case why do people say this isn't a great comedy because it is you can not go wrong with this highly underrated gem of a comedy grade a-
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