The Big Short: parents' guide

No fights. A man's suicide is glimpsed in a brief flashback just before he jumps from a building, and an alligator lunges at visitors from a backyard pool. Characters shout and argue over money.

Constant strong language. One count found about 100 f-words and 50 s-words, plus prick, bitch, ass and frequent misuse of God's and Jesus' names. One man talks crudely about a deformity on his genitals.

Two strip club scenes: one dancer is nearly naked with bare breasts while talking to a client, and others wear thongs and pasties, baring backsides. Sex between a banker and a job seeker is implied, and an actress explains finance from a bubble bath.

Lots of drinking at bars, casinos and celebrations, and characters smoke cigarettes and cigars. One man is told to raise his antidepressant dose and take anti-anxiety pills. No illegal drug use.

No scary scenes, but one character's intense grief over his brother's suicide runs through the film, and it ends on the human toll of the crash: lost homes, lost jobs and upended lives.