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Movie · Comedy, Romance · 2011 · PG-13

Crazy, Stupid, Love: parents' guide

14+our pick

Best for ages 14 and up. Rated PG-13 for coarse humor, sexual content and language.

A sharp, sweet ensemble rom-com better suited to mid-teens than its PG-13 might suggest. After his wife asks for a divorce, a frumpy suburban dad gets a makeover from a smooth ladies' man, while their kids navigate crushes of their own. Expect lots of sex talk and implied sex, a 17-year-old babysitter taking nude photos of herself for an adult she has a crush on, a boy talking openly about masturbation, one f-word, frequent s-words and plenty of drinking. Violence is limited to one comic brawl. We suggest 14 and up.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

A backyard brawl among several men, with punches and tackles, ends when police are called. Cal rolls out of a moving car and gets scraped up, and characters slap each other, all played for laughs.

Language

Moderate

One full f-word and two partial ones, about 10 s-words, 'a-hole' repeated in one scene, many uses of God's name, and crude terms like 'ball sack' and 'dick.'

Sex and nudity

Moderate

Constant sex talk, and Cal beds a string of women, shown as kissing and groping. A 17-year-old takes nude photos for the adult she has a crush on, seen from the shoulders up. A 13-year-old discusses masturbating, and a man's sauna nudity is blocked.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Moderate

Lots of drinking at bars and restaurants, sometimes to drunkenness; Cal drowns his sorrows and a woman downs liquor to work up courage. There is a Valium joke but no drug use.

Scary or intense scenes

None

Nothing scary. The emotional weight comes from a marriage falling apart after an affair and how the split affects the couple's kids.

Worth talking about

Jacob teaches Cal that confidence and a new look win people over: by the end, what does the movie suggest actually makes a relationship last?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, movieguide.org. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.