The Kissing Booth

You won't really be happy if it means someone has to sacrifice their happiness for you. You can't give up your own happiness to make someone else happy. Things change, and that can be sad and scary, but it also means that the future holds endless possibilities. Iffy message about getting into lots of fights because it's just how you're wired. Teen drinking and sexual activity are presented as normal. Brief conversation about whether wearing revealing clothing is "asking for it." High-school stereotyping played for comedy. The central romance is based on Noah changing his violent, controlling behavior, which he agrees to. Idealizes very wealthy, mostly white kids from Los Angeles.

Some fights with punching, pushing, body slamming; a few slightly bloody injuries shown, like cut lips and bruises. A boy slaps a girl's behind. Some bullying, like giving wedgies. Flashbacks show Elle's mother sick in the hospital, and eventually Elle at her mother's grave.

"F--k," "s--t," "d--k," "ass," "douche," "boobs," "hell," "damn," "bitch," "slut," "ho," "Jesus" as an exclamation, and "grinding coochies."