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Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the movie contains some strong language, scenes of teens drinking and taking drugs, and some implied sex. There's also a lot of therapeutic shopping. It's edgy, but teens can handle it.
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What's the story?
Cher (Alicia Silverstone) just can't keep herself out of other people's business. After one successful attempt at matchmaking, Cher decides to make over and set up the new girl in school, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, her own love life is rather confused, and it isn't until she starts being honest with herself that she sees what she really wants.
Is it any good?
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CLUELESS is loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma, and it does an excellent job of transferring the story to a contemporary context. It doesn't feel dated more than 10 years after its release -- the direction is bright and fresh, and the performances are uniformly excellent. Silverstone is particularly good, managing to be charming, ditzy, and annoying all at once, and it's clear why this movie made her a star.
This film isn't appropriate for young children -- it does contain drinking, drug use, and implied sex -- but teens will love it. And it might even get them to read some Jane Austen.
Families can talk about...
Families can talk about the ways that Cher is less than honest with herself about her motivations for her "good deeds," and what different choices she might have made. Tai is also a character who is less than true to herself, and pays a price. Was what she went through worth it? Does Cher learn and grow over the course of the story? Families might also want to look at Austen's novel and see how the adaptation reflects the original.
Movie details
| Theatrical release date: | July 26, 1995 |
| DVD release date: | June 24, 2003 |
| Cast: | Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd |
| Director: | Amy Heckerling |
| Studio: | Paramount Pictures |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Topics: | Friendship, High school |
| Run time: | 97 minutes |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | sex related dialogue and some teen use of alcohol and drugs |
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Great movie, but some sexual content.
I loved this movie! I watched it at age eleven with my mom and fell in love with this movie! But you should know that if you watch this movie, there's gonna be a little bit of sexual content in some of the parts of the movie. So, maybe if you feel uncomfortable with that, you should wait until you have "the talk" with your parents.
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Too much sex
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Too much sex
Too much consumerism
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Fine if your stable
This is a VERY funny movie and although there is drugs, alcohol and sex Cher and her friend avoid the majority of it (taking the bad role model out of the question)
Some product placement but it doesn't bother me
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Too much sex
Too much consumerism
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
Great role models
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