The Guide to the Perfect Family

Louis's dad recalls getting hit a lot with a wooden spoon as a kid. Rose drinks excessively and apparently attempts suicide -- we don't see how beyond the drinking, but she's found on the bathroom floor and taken to the hospital.

A woman tries to interest her husband in sex, kissing and stroking him, then getting out and using her vibrator on herself, but once they start having sex their small child interrupts. The vibrator is referred to as "mommy's magic wand." A mom asks her teenage daughter if she's sleeping with her boyfriend. The mom goes home drunk from a bar with a male acquaintance.

"F--k," "f--king," "f--k off," "frigging," "s--t," "bulls---ting," "damn," damnit," "ass," "screw," "suck," "moron," "wuss," "jerk," "brat," "poop," "balls," "Christ," "God." The film was reviewed in the original French with English subtitles.

A teen steals her parents' pills and sells them and other drugs for tests at school. Parents discuss teens smoking pot and taking pills, including some medications for ADD, ADHD, and anxiety. A dad makes a joke about another dad letting his son take heroin in the house. A teen sneaks out of her house to a party and comes home drunk. A mom takes her teen daughter out drinking at a bar and both leave drunk. A teen drinks excessively before an apparent suicide attempt; it's hinted she took something else as well. Adults drink alcohol at social events and meals.

Parents need to know that although the trailer and beginning of the French Canadian film The Guide to the Perfect Family may give the impression of a comedy, this film also has some mature themes involving teenage and parent relationships, stress, drinking, drug use, and suicide. A teenager is suffering from anxiety and depression, but her overbearing father doesn't see it. She resorts to lying, cheating, and sneaking out to drink at a party, and she gets suspended from school. After a fight with her father, disappointment in her mother (who takes her to get a tattoo and go drinking at a bar), and a failing test grade, she gets drunk and attempts suicide. One scene involves a married couple having sex until they're interrupted by their small son (who finds a vibrator the woman calls "mommy's magic wand"). Language in the English subtitles of the French-language film includes "f--k," "f--king," "f--k off," "frigging," "s--t," "bulls--ting," "damn," damnit," "ass," "screw," "suck," "moron," "wuss," "jerk," "brat," "poop," "balls," "Christ," and "God."

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