Grease: parents' guide
Best for ages 13 and up. Rated PG for some sexual content.
A beloved, catchy musical that is far racier than its PG suggests, best for young teens watching with a parent who can talk it through. The 1950s high school story is packed with sexual jokes, crude gestures and lyrics that include the s-word. A couple has sex in a car (implied, not shown) and a broken condom leads to a pregnancy scare, boys moon a crowd, teens smoke and drink constantly, and the punch gets spiked. A boyfriend gropes and pins down a girl until she yells at him to stop, and an adult DJ is implied to have drugged a student's drink. It was rated before PG-13 existed; age 13.
What's in it
Violence
MildMild shoving and scuffles, a switchblade pulled before a rumble, and a drag race where one car has blades on its hubcaps. A boy is knocked dazed by a car door. No blood.
Language
ModerateSong lyrics include the s-word and crude terms like "tits" and "pussy wagon." Dialogue adds "ass," "crap" and "friggin'," plenty of sexual slang, and frequent obscene hand gestures.
Sex and nudity
ModerateHeavy make-out scenes and nonstop innuendo. A couple has sex in a car, implied rather than shown, and a broken condom sparks a pregnancy scare. Boys moon onlookers, a girl is seen in her bra, and a boy gropes and pins a girl in a car until she shouts stop.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateTeens smoke constantly and treat it as cool, drink beer and wine, and spike the punch at a dance. A radio DJ is implied to have slipped something into a student's soda, played as a joke.
Scary or intense scenes
MildLittle that is scary. The drag race has some danger, and the pregnancy scare brings tension and tears.
Worth talking about
Sandy remakes her look and attitude to win Danny, and Danny pressures her in the car. What does the film get wrong about consent and about changing yourself for someone else?
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, movieguide.org, Wikipedia, childrenandmedia.org.au, the-numbers.com, the MPA. 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.