Stand by Me - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Some brief non-graphic masturbation related jokes.

  In one scene an older boy tells his friends that his girlfriend only lets him touch her boobs.

  A kid says that he can tell that a girl's boobs are getting bigger.

  There is no male or female nudity.

  Implied nudity in the swamp but none shown on camera. The boys run around in their underwear for a scene or two.

  A kid mishears a man saying "sick 'em boy" to "sick balls"

  Infrequent mild sexual references are made, mostly in a joking or humorous manner. No actual sex or nudity whatsoever in this film.

• Violence

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  A dead body is seen. His eyes are open and he has some blood on his face.

  A young man has a word carved into his skin with a razor-blade, with blood seen. This is voluntary however, so there is no violence during the scene.

  An older boy bullies a younger boy by pushing him to the ground, getting on top of him, and putting a lit cigarette close to the his face. It then stops before anything happens.

  They occasionally play a not-so-funny game where they punch each other in the shoulder.

  The villain threatens several young boys with a knife but is stopped before anything can occur.

  The antagonist is threatened with a gun.

  A boy dies in a car crash. We just hear about it

• Profanity

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  About 11 uses of "fuck", 33 uses of "shit", 15 uses of "ass" (7 used as "asshole"), 7 uses of "goddamn", 3 uses of "damn", 8 uses of "hell", 4 uses of "son of a bitch", 1 use of "dick" and "bitch", 2 uses of "bastard", 5 uses of "Jesus Christ".

  There is a lot of name-calling, such as "retarded", "douchebag", "idiot", "pussy", "dogshit", "faggot", "stupid", "asshole", "looney", "fatass", "bastard", "peckerwood" and more.

  Most swears are said by kids.

  1 Use of Cock Knocker.

  In a moment, a kid say "Suck my dick"

• Intense Scenes

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  The film is about a group of boys looking for a dead body

  The characters get leeches all over their bodies and one of them gets one on their penis. The way it's presented in the film could be scary for many people.

  There are several threatening scenes between the boys and an older gang.

  An intense stand-off scene with characters threatening each other with a knife and gun.

  We see a funeral recession for a teen boy where the father blames his other son (this is all a dream).

  A man mocks a boy's mentally ill father and the boy tries to scale a fence to kill a man.