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Beautiful People

(Rated TV-14, Drama, Starring Torrey DeVitto, Daphne Zuniga, Sarah Foret, Where to watch: ABC Family, DVD)

  • Is it age appropriate?

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

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Drama best for teens and up lacks sizzle.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 14–16

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    A woman's husband cheats on her with a girl young enough to be his daughter; she then hooks up with her daughter's friend's father. A teen's past includes a diet-pill dependency -- it's all in the mix.

  • Violence:

    Punches and kicks are thrown in a quick street skirmish, but no guns or knives ... yet. Blurring the line between urban and suburban drama.

  • Sex:

    Some romantic entanglements, with sex hinted at from time to time, but nothing a teen can't handle.

  • Language:

    For a drama based in the big city that involves some lippy teens, this show is fairly wholesome, language-wise.

  • Consumerism:

    Mom's a fashion designer, and her daughters are in their teens, so labels are casually mentioned. Nothing too overdone.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    An occasional glass of wine, a former diet-pill addiction, and so on. It all adds up to potential -- though nothing explicit yet -- land mines.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Beautiful People

Parents need to know that trouble literally and figuratively lurks in all the celluloid corners of this family drama. The subject matter veers toward grown-up angst, even though it's populated by both teens and adults. The premise alone -- a mother decamps to the Big Apple with her teen daughters after her husband cheats on her with her daughter's friend -- is enough to raise eyebrows.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about what happens when a family breaks up under very difficult circumstances and has to start afresh in a new town. How do newcomers make friends? What problems do they encounter when they start over? And when it's brought on by divorce, how do children fare in a custody battle? Add to that a laundry list of teen-oriented issues, such as battling the urge to stay stick-thin and wanting a boyfriend, and there's plenty to discuss.
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