Little

Lots of pushing and shoving, including a bully pushing a type of wrecking ball into a child, which causes injury. Comic spanking accompanied by line, "Start spanking your kids!" Talk about getting a belt to "whoop" a child.

Various scenes signal to adults that something sexual is happening, but they may go over kids' heads: A shirtless man dances provocatively (but not too suggestively) as a sexual mating call; a man serves coffee in the morning (adults will know he slept with the woman the night before); a teen girl comes on to her teacher; a teen girl touches an adult man inappropriately (viewers only know that from his reaction, and he never says what she did). Story told about woman losing her virginity. Women gesture to their genitals. Adults kiss. Young teen sings sultrily on top of a bar.

Language includes "ass," "balls," "bitch," "crackhead," "crackbaby," "crap," "damn," "hell," "Jesus" (as an exclamation), "we're screwed," "stupid," "sucks." A girl stops herself before completing the phrase "what the f--k." Also lots of mean/insulting language, including adult woman name-calling a child to her face -- all played for laughs. Adult repeatedly tears down a 4-year-old girl's appearance.

Women drink as a way to let off steam/for romance. One sips wine and says, "This is heaven." A young teen continually tries to drink, like grabbing a bottle of rosé (saying "it's too early for tequila shots") and ordering liquor at a restaurant. Home bar with bottles of alcohol seen in background. Two men drive in a car with pot smoke billowing out of the windows; the passenger is clearly high. Bottles of prescription drugs are seen but not explained; others mention prescription drugs needed for their high-stress job.

Parents need to know that Little is like a flipped take on Big, with an adult being transformed back into a child to (in theory) help her learn some life lessons. After she's injured by a bully, 13-year-old Jordan (Marsai Martin) twists her parents' words of encouragement to understand that when she's an adult/boss, then she can be the bully. Unfortunately, that's likely the message that kids will take from the film, as well as the fact that adult CEO Jordan's (Regina Hall) meanness yields results: success, a lavish lifestyle, and submissive behavior from underlings. Meanwhile, the movie plays for laughs the shock of seeing a young teen treat people (both adults and other kids) like dirt, try to drink, and make sexual advances toward adult men (including her teacher). That said, some of the iffy stuff is written to go over kids' heads. Profanity is common but mild ("damn," "crap," "hell"), with stronger language only implied; sexual innuendo is frequent but subtle; and alcohol and drug references are ever present, but kids may only notice adults drinking wine socially. And Jordan doesn't really experience any big consequences for her behavior, which is likely why the film's intended message of staying true to yourself lands with little impact.

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