Moxie

Vivian has a dream in which she's being chased through a woodsy area and nobody can hear her screaming. Teen boys fall off bikes and trampolines and pass out after drinking at a party. Boys tease girls and touch them in ways that make them uncomfortable, including slaps on the butt or pulling them down on their laps. A teen girl tells the story of how she was raped.

Sexual language used to describe teenage girls includes "bangable," "ass," "hot selfie," "rack," "MILF," and "the C word." Couples make out at a high school party. A girl describes a boy as "hot." Two characters make out in a car and talk about "doing it" (both for the first time). He's shirtless, and she's wearing an undershirt; he says he wants to wait until another time so they can go slow and make it special. When her mom sees Vivian kissing her date, Vivian sarcastically jokes that she's "already pregnant." A girl is sent home for wearing a tank top because she is big busted. A boy jokes at a Hawaiian-themed party about everyone getting "lei'd."

"F--k," "s--t," "bulls--t," "s--tload," "badass," "a--holes," "kickass," "bitch," "ball-busters," "d--k," "dyke," "MILF," "the C word," "Jesus Christ," "God," "hell," "stupid," "idiot."

Teens drink at a house party while a classmate's parents are out of town. Vivian brings the host a bottle of wine. A group plays beer pong. The drinking leads to some risky behavior. In another scene, Vivian opens a bottle of champagne for a celebration that turns sour, and she ends up drinking alone from the bottle, getting drunk, and throwing up.

Parents need to know that Moxie, which is based on Jennifer Mathieu's YA novel, is an upbeat coming-of-age dramedy directed by Amy Poehler (who also-co stars). It has strong feminist messages, as well as some mature content. Teens drink during a raucous house party scene, and there's another sequence in which main character Vivian (Hadley Robinson) has too much champagne and throws up in front of her mom. Nobody faces serious consequences for the partying, and the film positions most of the teen characters as responsible and well-intentioned even as they experiment with drinking and sex and do iffy things like sneak into a business after dark, steal a trophy from the school principal, and deface school property. Boys tease girls and touch them without consent, including slaps on the butt and pulling them down on their laps, and the boys use sexual language to describe their female classmates: "most bangable," "best ass," "hottest selfie," "best rack," "MILF," and "the C word." Other language includes "f--k," "s--t," "a--holes," "bitch," "d--k," "dyke," "Jesus Christ," and more. Characters kiss, and there's one scene in which two characters make out in a car and talk about having sex at a later time. Teen girls show courage and teamwork in standing up to their school's long-held but sexist traditions, which are actively ignored by most teachers and administrators. The girls also call out racism and other prejudices in the course of their activism, and one girl finally feels supported enough to tell the story of how she was raped. The movie's main message is that all people should be treated respectfully and equally regardless of gender or skin color and that sexist behavior and gender stereotypes have no place in contemporary society.

To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.