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Sixteen Candles
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Sex & Nudity

Extremely strong for a PG. (Or even a PG-13)

One shot of a female showering nude; there is a full on closeup on her breasts and a sideshot of her naked body including her rear. Very,Very graphic and parents should be aware of this seen before letting kids watch it.

There are some crude terms for breasts (tits, hooters, golden bozos, boobies) and conversations involving sex and virginity (A boy says he's never "bagged a girl.")

A boy bets he can have sex with a girl; this girl gives him her panties which he shows to his friends.

There are a couple shots of girl's underwear.

Two teens have sex (offscreen) and wonder what happened, since they were drunk.

Plenty of other references. (Some quite strong)

Violence & Gore

Just a guy with a black eye.

Profanity

Language content is similar to today's PG-13. (The film was originally rated R but re-rated PG on appeal. )

F-ck used twice.

"Shit" is used 15 times.

"Ass" is used numerous times. (Sometimes as "Asshole, asswipe, etc.)

"Bitch" is used a handful of times.

"Dick" is repeated three times in one scene and a couple more times in the film.

As you can see, very coarse language.

Also PG-13 level.

There lots of alcohol consumption by teens at a party and resulting drunkeness, some characters stay drunk for nearly half the movie.

A young, unlicensed teen drives a car (not intense or frightening, but I didn't know where else to put it).

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Certification:
UK:12 (re-rating) (2005) / UK:15 (original rating) (1984-2005) / Singapore:NC-16 / Iceland:L / Australia:PG / Argentina:Atp / Australia:M (TV rating) / Finland:K-12 / Norway:11 / Norway:12 (original rating) / Spain:13 / Sweden:Btl / USA:PG (re-rating on appeal) / USA:R (original rating) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) / Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) / Canada:PA (Manitoba)

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