Parents' Guide to Heartbreak Motel

Parents need to know that Heartbreak Motel is a romantic drama about a young woman who must escape a toxic and abusive relationship. There are some depictions of domestic abuse, emotional and psychological abuse, and physical abuse (hitting/striking, grabbing hair, threatening with knife). A small child covers her ears while her parents argue and fight in another room. Their shadows are cast and show the man striking the woman repeatedly. A character acting out a scene in a movie tells another character that her father molested many women. A character has many panic attacks. These panic attacks often flash memories of her father physically and emotionally abusing her mother. A character acting out a scene in a movie stabs another character with a knife. Blood is shown. A character thinks about killing herself and stands on a balcony, but then steps down. A character smashes a pot over another character's head, causing it to bleed. Adults talk about romantic relationships, go on dates, and romantically kiss. One sex scene shows a woman slowly kissing a man's naked chest from top to bottom, moving lower, until she is off-screen. It's implied that she gives the man oral sex, as the camera stays on the man, showing his pleasure. Actors in a movie act out a romance scene where a man and a woman kiss each other on the shoulder, neck, and top of the chest; the man also slowly moves his hand under the woman's dress. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink wine and other alcoholic drinks over dinners and at bars. Strong language includes one instance of "hell."

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