• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 15.

• Is it any good?

  2.0

• Common Sense says

  "Real" OC is just like the fake one; mature teens.

Why We Rated This for Ages 15–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Jealousy and petty behavior are common; characters have love triangles and talk behind each other's back; the cast is uniformly white and wealthy. Qualities that might make these kids good role models aren't highlighted. One girl has vowed to abstain from sex until marriage.
• Violence:

  Not an issue.
• Sex:

  High school girls dress as sexily as possible; constant focus on the opposite sex and who's hooking up with whom; sexual innuendos; love triangles.
• Language:

  Slang and some mild profanity ("slut," "bitch," etc.) as teens speak in their "real," unscripted manner.
• Consumerism:

  The featured teens have expensive cars and clothes and more spending money than the average teen.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  The teens do a lot of partying and some of them drink -- they're never seen with containers of alcohol since they're underage, but it's implied. Teens appear to be intoxicated during a spring break trip to Mexico, as well as during parties.

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