In one scene, a man is shown with marijuana and tries to get someone to smoke it. Next, the girl is shown with the pot before it is smoked, but says she smoked it, that she was high, and it was strong. Next, the two people are shown smoking pot. Then, they are again shown smoking pot. Then a man walks in and he smokes the pot. Positive Messages. Positive role models. Adult Written by moviemadness September 6, Great Movie! It's Complicated is absolutely hilarious! The acting is phenomenal, and the messages are heartwarming too!
Seeing Jane's transformation throughout the movie is wonderful, and the frank discussion of infidelity and love is refreshing and eye-opening. Perfect for older teens and adults.
Parent of a year-old Written by jimanorris August 21, There's also a lot of discussion about sex, extramarital affairs, older women's sex drives and anatomy , and fertility issues. Fairly mild for an R-rated movie. Words like "s--t," "holy s--t," "prick," "ass," "bitch," and "oh my God" are said on occasion but not frequently. Lots of social drinking by adults mostly wine and cocktails at dinners and parties. Jane and Jake get completely sloshed before their first hook up; later, Jane smokes a marijuana joint with Adam.
None of these scenes have any negative consequences, and indeed, the scenes show how inhibitions are lowered as a result of being intoxicated. Parents need to know that his mature romantic comedy starring Meryl Streep , Alec Baldwin , and Steve Martin is age-appropriate for older teens and up, though adults are most likely to appreciate it.
Although the sexuality isn't graphic, the movie's main themes concern infidellity, sex for the over set, and dealing with grown-up children -- none of which is meant for younger kids. There's some swearing "s--t" is the strongest of it , a good bit of social drinking the main characters have their first adulterous night together after getting completely sloshed , and a couple of humorous scenes in which a marijuana joint is shared by three adult characters.
Teens could get the message from the movie that being intoxicated lowers inhibitions which is true and since no negative consequences are shown, parents should talk to their kids about it. And, as in every other Nancy Meyers movie, everyone lives a completely pampered, wealthy lifestyle, this time in Santa Barbara. We should all be so lucky. Add your rating See all 7 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 15 kid reviews. For a divorcee in her late 50s, Jane Adler Meryl Streep lives a rather enviable life -- she owns a gourmet bakery and lives in an amazing house in Santa Barbara.
Meanwhile, her ex-husband, Jake Alec Baldwin , is a rich lawyer married to a much younger wife Lake Bell who wants a baby. When Jane and Jake meet up for their son's college graduation in New York, they have an alcohol-fueled one-night-stand. Jake then decides he wants to continue his affair with Jane, who finds herself in the improbable position of being "the other woman" to the woman who was once her husband's mistress. As Jane and Jake's affair continues, Jane slowly becomes attracted to her attentive, earnest architect Adam Steve Martin , who's overseeing her home's extensive renovations.
What's an attractive something woman to do -- give her ex a second shot at commitment, or plunge into a new relationship with a sweet new beau? It's Complicated is like the chocolate croissants that feature prominently in the movie -- warm and sweet, but ultimately not that filling. Director Nancy Meyers is a seasoned pro at depicting a luxurious, upper-class world in which everyone has a kitchen larger than most studio apartments and a home that looks straight out of a magazine.
Who better to inhabit this world than the world's greatest living actress and two gifted comic actors? It seems like the formula for success, and, for the most part, it works.
Streep is adorable as are her best friends, played by Rita Wilson , Mary Kay Place , and Alexandra Wentworth as a woman so sex deprived that she briefly considers whether her friend is right about a woman's "parts" closing up from disuse.
Baldwin is almost too perfectly cast as the cocky ex who'd rather bury himself in the arms of his lovely former bride than go home to his shrewish-but-buxom younger wife. And Martin is much mellower than you'd expect, except in a hilarious scene in which Adam and Jane are high on marijuana. There's nothing all that memorable, despite the stellar cast. Some of the best parts of the movie, in fact, are the Adlers' three grown kids played by Zoe Kazan, Hunter Parrish, and Caitlin Fitzgerald , all of whom are genuinely believable as siblings who would curl up in bed together after finding out that their parents had slept together but weren't yet back together.
John Krasinski is also a scene-stealer as the soon-to-be son-in-law who first discovers Jake and Jane's dirty little secret. Families can talk about the movie's message about how divorce affects children, even grown-up ones. What's the impact of Jane and Jake's affair? A woman calls a man and asks him to meet her at a hotel to order room service. A man wishes he could sleep over at a woman's house. A man mentions that he loved a woman.
A man tells a woman that maybe they should grow old together. A man shares a story about his ex-wife and his best friend falling in love with each other. A man and a woman talk about dating and the fact that it can be stressful.
A woman asks a man she is dating if she's too old for him, assuming all the women he's fixed up with are under thirty-five. A man tells a woman he doesn't want to fall for someone who's involved with someone else, and a man and a woman discuss if it's okay to become romantically involved since they work together. A woman is asked how long she's been seeing a man. A man tells his grown children he's fallen back in love with their mom, and when questioned by her grown children, a woman admits she's been seeing their dad.
A woman says she doesn't regret having an affair. A man comments that the woman he is seeing wants to be courted.
A man tells a doctor that he passed out earlier because he was admiring a woman, and he refers to her as his beautiful wife. A family watches the movie, "The Graduate" and we hear the line, "Are you here for an affair? A woman throws a jacket at a man's face. A woman tells another woman that she's lucky her husband is dead, because she doesn't have to run into him. Women talk about hating another woman.
We hear a conversation about scars on a woman's hand and learn they were caused by cooking hot caramel we don't see the scars. The board, according to people with knowledge of the decision, thought the scene was uproariously funny and could leave children with a strong message that smoking pot is fun. The opposite, of course, could be argued: One way to make young people think that marijuana is uncool is to show the white-haired Martin, 64, smoking it.
Graves said the board has grown more strict about drug use in the past 20 years. It is hard to argue, however, that cannabis has become anything but more routine over the years. There are about 1, medical-marijuana dispensaries in the Los Angeles area alone, according to city estimates; for a point of reference, there are fewer than Starbucks outposts.
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