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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for thematic elements and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • There is one mention of "nipple".
  • Uncle Rico is creepy toward underage girls.
  • A picture in the opening sequence depicts a woman with no shirt
  • Although Uncle Rico is creepy towards teenage girls, he is just trying to sell them his breast enhancement product.
  • At a school assembly, several girls do a dance number in outfits with short skirts.
  • Uncle Rico sells a product called "Bust Must Plus" which is a herbal enhancement for women's breasts. He gives out fliers to several women who are insulted by the product. He goes to a woman's house to solicit the product and cups the woman's breasts with large saucepans to symbolize what her breasts "could be."

Violence & Gore

  • Napoleon elbows Uncle Rico in the stomach.
  • The violence is generally mild and done for comedic effect.
  • Napoleon rides a bike up a ramp but the ramp breaks and the front of the bike gets rammed into his crotch.
  • Napoleon gets his head slammed into a locker multiple times.
  • Characters slap each other.
  • Napoleon throws a grapefruit at uncle Rico and it hits him on his thigh.
  • Uncle Rico throws a steak at Napoleon and it hits him on the face.

Profanity

  • There is no crass language or religious swearing of any kind. There are, however, 6 instances of mild cursing such as "crap," "sucks," "pissed," "retarded," and "freaking." There are also 27 minced oaths (words said in place of expletives). The song "Canned Heat" (played during Napoleon's dance routine) also contains two uses of the word "hell."
  • In one scene Napoleon is going to feed Tina and he calls her fat lard (played for laughs).

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Uncle Rico drinks a margarita at a restaurant.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Although portrayed in a comedic way there is a lot of bullying.
  • Uncle Rico preys on underage girls to sell them breast enhancement products all of them are creeped out by his behavior. This may be considered grooming.
  • Napoleon draws a lot of mythical creatures some of which could be frightening for young children.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A cow is shot off-screen and we see frightened reactions from children on a school bus.
  • A woman's husband beats up uncle Rico off-screen but is then shown later with butterfly stitches on his eye and his arm in a sling.

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