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Miss March

(2009, Rated R, Comedy, Starring Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Road trip raunchfest is ridiculously awful.

Themes in this movie include:   dating/crushes

Why We Rated This off for Ages 16 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    High-school students make questionable choices, like drinking to excess. Characters make fun of epileptics and firefighters, call situations and people "retarded," and act in an immature, sex-obsessed manner. Abstinence is mocked and dismissed. Women are depicted as sexual objects of lust. Lesbians are portrayed as merely sexy "girl on girl" playthings. Hip-hop music is caricatured.
  • Violence:

    Ranges from accidental injuries -- a character falls down a flight of stairs, hits his head and ends up in a coma; a woman bites down on a man's genitals during an epileptic seizure; a half-naked woman falls out of a tour bus' open window -- to premeditated acts: Characters are beaten, stabbed with a fork, and followed by firefighters, who are portrayed as crazy and vengeful. A few characters sport bloody bruises and scars. It may be also disturbing for some audiences to see the "evidence" of a character's fecal incontinence on at least three occasions.
  • Sex:

    From the opening scene, sexuality permeates the film. Many shots of a character looking at Playboy and other pornographic magazines. Sex is discussed constantly -- whether the topic is abstinence, losing virginity, or being promiscuous. There are topless women in a couple of scenes, as well as relatively graphic depictions of heterosexual and lesbian sex. Jokes about semen, penises (or "dicks," as they're referred to in the movie), "girl-on-girl action," and oral sex are ubiquitous. In one scene, a man is shown full frontal, but he's missing part of his genitalia.
  • Language:

    Strong language is used in nearly every scene, with "f--k," "motherf----r," "dick," and "bitch" being said most often, along with "a--hole" and "c--k." The word "retarded" is used an alarmingly high number of times, as well scatological words like "s--t," "turd," "poop," etc. Songs with lyrics like "f--k the white girls" or "suck my d--k while I f--k you in the ass" are played a few times (the singer is a character in the film).
  • Consumerism:

    The film plays like a 90-minute infomercial for Playboy magazine and Hugh Hefner. Jack Daniels is also visible in one scene.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    High-school students are shown drinking and smoking at an after-prom party. Adults also drink to excess and smoke both a pipe and marijuana.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Miss March

Parents need to know that this is a review of the rated R version that was in theaters, not the unrated version available on DVD. Although this raunchy buddy comedy may appeal to younger teens and perhaps some mature tweens used to ribald humor, there's no question that this movie is a hard R when it comes to language and sex. Virtually every other word is a profanity ("f--k" and then some), and the majority of jokes are sexual, scatological, or derogatory. There's also underage drinking, as well as adults who drink and smoke (a pipe and a joint). Consumerism boils down to a movie-long focus on Playboy (the magazine, Hugh Hefner, the bunnies and parties, and the monthly centerfolds), and violence, while played for laughs, includes both pratfall-type injuries and beatings.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about how the movie handles sexuality. Although it touches on the merits of abstinence and the possible pitfalls of promiscuity, what is the movie's ultimate take-away message about sex?
  • Also, is the explicit scatological and sexual humor funny or offensive? Why are some people offended by what others find funny?
  • And do you think hip-hop music is as overtly sexual and misogynistic as the songs/singer featured in the movie?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title on for age 14 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    Actually insanely funny

    I read all the reviews for this movie and was very skepticle about bying it but i finally got over it and got it. I have to say as stupid and rediculous as it was it actually was FAR better than i thought it would be

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in Illinois
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message

    :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    Whatever I'm gonna sneak in with friends

  3. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message

    wow very inappropriate

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    The guiltiest pleasure - NEVER WATCH THIS

    Basically, the review sums it up. I loved it, but you should never watch this. Ever. If you want to see a movie about the Playboy mansion, rent The House Bunny. That has skimpy outfits, some mentions of the word "boobs", and little talk about sex, but that's it.

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