Parents need to know that the movie features crude humor and ridiculous violence, involving vehicle crashes and physical abuses (trash can lids and phone books slammed into heads, and various other brutalities staged as comedy). The film premises much of its humor on the imbalance between the timid Midwestern salesman and the tough Detroit cop, including repeated discussions of who is whose "bitch" (a term also heard in a hip-hop song on the soundtrack), and other definitions of masculine prowess. The villains -- including an arrogant, young British boss -- are excessively violent as well, shooting a noncompliant client on the toilet. One black character threatens to beat another "like a runaway slave." The film includes brief gross images of bad teeth (during a presentation at a dental appliance convention), dead bodies, bad language (especially combinations of "ass," "shit," and the f-word), and fart/flatulence jokes. Characters smoke and drink, sell drugs.
Positive messages:Cops and criminals are equally obnoxious and violent; film resorts to fart and pee jokes.
Violence:Frequent physical abuses, shooting, car crashing; Andy bites an opponent.
Sex:A couple of cleavage shots, Andy in his boxers, references to homosexual anxieties, and fears of rape in prison.
Language:Repeated uses of "bitch," "ass," and "s--" one f-word, then running joke that alludes to it.
Foe someone to think that this movie was appropriate for a 13 year old is absurd. Foul language! Yes, I'm sure some children(13) have heard these words but the movie was filled with bad language from beginning to end. (Even the "f" word was used numerous times and I thought that was only allowed in "R" movies.)Thnaks for allowing me to share.