Parents' Guide to Bad Influence

Parents need to know that Bad Influence is a Spanish romantic drama based on a web novel originally titled Mala Influencia. The main characters are wealthy Spanish young people and a group from "the other side of the tracks." When their worlds collide, one teen might get caught in the middle. There's some gun violence, lots of online harassment and threats, moments of fear, and some mild fisticuffs. A character shoots someone (off-screen), and later the character is said to be dead. A story is told (with a flashback image) of people trapped in a fire, who then perish. A character repeatedly receives threatening and scary messages online and in real life (notes). A stone is thrown through her bedroom window, she receives a mysterious gift of lots of teeth, and offensive names are thrown at her on social media. There's plenty of romantic kissing, making out, undressing, and one sex scene (with nudity but no bare breasts or genitalia). A character unwraps a condom in front of another character while they prepare to have sex. A character gives a woman oral sex. A woman masturbates under the covers. A man uses his fingers to please a woman so she can "finish." A man is shown naked from behind (bare buttocks); another character takes off her top to reveal her naked back, and her "side boob" can be seen for a while. Many scenes feature young adults drinking alcohol (beer, drinks, shots) and smoking cigarettes, and this film definitely glamorizes both. Strong language includes the middle-finger gesture as well as "f--k," "motherf----r," "f--king," "s--t," "bitch," "ass," "a--hole," "goddamn," "damn," "whore," "d--k," "hell," "sucks," "hell," and "Jesus!" and "God!"

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