• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Superb indie drama features great acting, smart script.

Why We Rated This for Ages 15–16

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  The film's entire plot revolves around a number of ethical questions: What are national borders? What makes the law? What does it say when a person can make more money breaking the law than they could in weeks of "honest" labor? What makes immigration "legal" or "Illegal," and what does it say that people are so desperate to come to the United States that they'll endure any hardship to get there? There are also discussions of the differences between "whites" and Native Americans. There's also depiction and discussion of gambling addiction.
• Violence:

  Threats are made with guns. Fighting and scuffling. Discussion of suicide bombing. An infant is, unknowingly, placed in mortal danger. A fire consumes a home. A blowtorch is brandished in anger.
• Sex:

  Brief images of people stripped down to their underwear. Scantily-clad dancers in a strip club, fully-clothed, writhe.
• Language:

  Some profanity, including "bulls--t," "goddamn," multiple variatons on 'f--k," and more. Ethnic slurs and racial language, such as "Paki" and more.
• Consumerism:

  Some brands mentioned, including Hot Wheels, Pringles, and more.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Extensive smoking. Drinking of beer, wine, and alcohol depicted. Discussion of drug use, drug smuggling.

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