Rocketman: parents' guide

John's manager and lover punches him in the face, leaving bruises he hides with makeup. John falls down stairs, throws chairs, and in a suicide attempt swallows pills with vodka and falls into a pool. A stylized brawl number.

Plugged In counted nearly 30 f-words (Movieguide's overall tally runs higher), at least a dozen s-words and one c-word, plus slurs for gay men such as 'f-g' and 'poofter,' some used by John about himself.

Two men undress and have sex in a brief scene, seen from the side and behind with brief nudity. Oral sex is implied, a stylized orgy number shows writhing, scantily dressed dancers, a boy sees his mother having sex in a car, and a fantasy scene strips John nearly nude.

Constant heavy drinking, cocaine snorted in large amounts, prescription pills, and joints and bongs at parties. A drunk man drives. Addiction is central and shown as destructive, and John ends up in rehab and sober.

A suicide attempt and hospital scene, drug binges, bulimic vomiting, and a lonely boy rejected by his father are upsetting, though the fantasy musical staging softens some moments.