Monster

A man is shot during a convenience store robbery. We see the masked robbers fighting with the clerk and the gun going off, apparently accidentally. The man falls to the floor, bleeding, and we're told he drowned in his own blood. Details about the incident are seen and discussed during a murder trial. There's discussion of shooting people in the face and of cutting people in the face, the latter as a gang initiation. Steve is arrested without his parents or a lawyer present, and he feels stress and intimidation in prison, where grown men threaten each other, scream out, and cry. He mentions abuse between prisoners and also between prisoners and guards. A man holds his fingers out like a gun and points them at another man.

Steve and his girlfriend flirt and kiss. He talks about their first kisses and bodies touching. King points to a woman in the window and suggests she's a "hooker."

Versions of "f--k" and use of the "N" word. "S--t," "bitch," "ass," "deadass," "damn," "goddamn," "p--sy," "f-ggot," "sucks," "suckers," "pissing," "hookers," "creeps," "punk."

People appear to be smoking a joint and drinking from a liquor bottle at a party. Neighborhood men smoke and steal cigarettes. Steve's parents drink wine at home.

Parents need to know that as a film about a teenager imprisoned and on trial for murder, based on the young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers, Monster has some tough scenes of violence and threats of violence. There's also quite a lot of language, including variations of "f--k, "p--sy," "f-ggot," and "s--t," as well as Black men using the "N" word. The trial revolves around a convenience store robbery, which we see take place. A man is shot following a tussle, and he falls to the floor and dies in a pool of blood. The film shows Black men in the neighborhood acting tough and intimidating each other, and there's discussion of shooting people and cutting people in the face, the latter as a gang initiation. Steve, who comes from a relatively wealthy family and attends a prestigious high school, is arrested without his parents or a lawyer present, and he feels stress and intimidation in prison, where grown men threaten each other, scream out, and cry. He mentions abuse between prisoners and also between prisoners and guards. People appear to be smoking a joint and drinking from a liquor bottle at a party. Neighborhood men smoke and steal cigarettes, and Steve's parents drink wine at home.

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