Pirates

From a Black British director, comes an all-Black cast spanning Caribbean, African, Asian, and multiracial backgrounds. The love interests are both light and dark skinned. It's a refreshing representation of how young Black men can have positive friendships and how they support each other as they pursue creative careers or love interests. Due to the story being about teenage boy friendships, the cast is predominantly young and male-dominated. However, although the female characters are not the leads, they come across as strong and independent.

One orchestrated punch leaves a scar on the main character's eye for the rest of the film. An accident sees a character in a club have his jacket set alight in what's presented as a comedy mishap. The character is not seen as hurt, just angry.

Within the one main romance, there is a brief mention of what a character would like to intimately do to another. It is clear that the love interest has reciprocal feelings.

Language includes -- and is mainly used for playful ribbing between the friends -- "d--k breath," "d--kheads," "f---ing hell," "boob," "pencil d--k," "c--k porn," "taking the piss," "ball bags," "pr--k," "t-ts," "s--t," "crap," and "big African head."

Characters roll up cannabis joints -- referred to as "ganja" -- and smoke it. Also drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes in a nightclub. But no intoxication. Brief reference to cocaine in a song lyric.

Parents need to know that Pirates is a playful British coming-of-age comedy with strong language, drug references, and some cannabis use. A love letter to the U.K. garage music scene, the film sees three likeable eighteen-year-old pirate radio DJs attempt to party like it's 1999 (because it is). Starring an all-Black cast, the three friends -- Cappo (Elliot Edusah), Two Tonne (Jordan Peters), and Kidda (Reda Elzaouar) -- learn some important life lessons along the way. Their creative talents are celebrated and they learn the importance of teamwork. Language includes multiple variants of "f--k," "d--k," and more, although it's generally used in a teasing manner between the trio of friends. A scene of cartoonish violence sees a main character punched in the face. There is also reference to a future sexual encounter, but nothing is actually shown. Characters roll and smoke pot, and there is also drinking and smoking in a nightclub setting.

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