Parents guide

Highly sexualized female imagery, attire, costumes & mannerism.

A young teacher is said to be in a relationship with a high school student. Later on, we see someone walk in on them making out. In the same room, a male student accidentally walks in on two students making out. The girl is skimpily clothed, but hides away before seen by anyone. Embarrassed, the boy covers his private area as he is only in his underwear.

A girl cuts two holes in another girl's tank top so that her bra cups are visible. When the girl puts on the tank top and notices the two holes, she doesn't seem to care. Soon every girl at school seems to follow suit.

It is mentioned a few times that a woman "made out with a hotdog." She claims that it only happened once.

A teenager goes to a Halloween party dressed in a scary costume. When she shows up, she discovers that all the other girls use Halloween as an opportunity to get away with wearing immodest outfits. We see girls in various states of undress. No actual nudity is shown, but we do see a lot of revealing costumes.

At a party you can see two women making out. This is brief and isn't focused on for very long.

A teen boy asks a teen girl "has your muffin been buttered?" Another girl mentions the boy was suggesting that she have sex with him.

A high school teacher bumps into a student, causing a drink to spill all over her sweater. The teacher tries to take her pullover off, inadvertently revealing her bra underneath. She pulls her sheer tank top down over it, telling a man she will discuss something another time when her shirt isn't see-through.

A teenage girl attempts to get another girl in trouble by pretending to work for Planned Parenthood. She calls the girl's mother informing her that she has her daughter's pregnancy test results.

A teenage girl tells another girl that her perfume makes her smell like a prostitute.

Two teenagers are discovered kissing each other in a bathroom. The girl slaps the boy in an effort to make it appear the kiss was nonconsensual.

A teenaged girl falls into trash can and screams while walking in a school hallway. Whether there are any injuries is left unclear.

Regina slaps Gretchen's hand, mostly offscreen and implied with sound.

High schoolers do the activity "trust fall" that entails one person falling backward onto a group of people as they catch her. One girl in particular (whom the others dislike) falls backward, and only one girl holds out her hands to catch her. Both girls topple onto the floor and appear slightly hurt.

Cady imagines a group of teenagers acting like animals near a fountain in a mall one of them tackles another into the fountain.

Gretchen accidentally kicks a boombox that hits her boyfriend's face.

There is violence associated with bullying.

In the background of a party scene, songs with some swearing can be briefly heard.

The words "slut", "whore" and "bitch" are used many times. Mostly said by teenage girls.

Teenagers use the word "retarded." One scene involves the use of the N-word (which is incorrectly translated in Vietnamese.)

"A-hole" is said once.

During the Plastic's Winter Talent Show Dance, their CD starts skipping, making it sound like its repeatedly saying "fuck." It quickly gets shut off (this is quite subtle).

On the Burn Book, Janis Ian was written as "Janis Ian - Dyke", a homophobic slur.

Name-calling, including "retard" and "loser".

Frequent religious exclamations, mainly "oh my god!"

A few uses of the word "suck."

6 uses of ass and its derivatives

Regina, Karen, Gretchen and Cady are handed drinks by Regina's mom. Cady, seemingly concerned, asks if there's alcohol in it and is told that there isn't. Regina's mom subtly condones underage drinking, replying that, if the girls choose to drink alcohol, she would rather they do it in the house than somewhere else.

There is a discussion among teenagers about a girl at school who is supposedly on crack.

In a party scene, high schoolers are seen holding red plastic cups; it's left unclear what's in them.

Adults drink wine at dinner.

A teacher is accused of selling drugs.

In a deleted scene, Cady imagined Mrs. Norbury saying "Your parents have been eaten by cannibals" as the worst thing you can hear from any adult. In reality, she said the second worst which was "I'm really disappointed in you, Cady."

In an opening scene, photographs are shown of Cady's father with a massive snake, including one of the snake draped across his shoulders. Some (especially squeamish people) may find the photos repulsive.

Cady vomits onto Aaron, not graphic and mostly offscreen. He is shown walking quickly away and trying to brush the disgorged matter off of his clothes.

A rumor spreads that Cady pushed Regina in front of the bus and everyone turns against her.