The Family Stone: parents' guide

A woman slaps a man, and two brothers brawl in the kitchen, wrestling on the floor and bloodying and bruising each other's faces. The fight is played mostly for comedy; otherwise there are only pratfalls.

One s-word, 'damn' a few times, 'friggin,' and frequent misuse of God's name, at least eight times by one character. The mother appears to sign an obscenity in sign language.

A married couple kisses in bed after she shows her mastectomy scar, with sex implied. A mother jokes crudely about her daughter losing her virginity, a woman wakes in the wrong bed after drinking, and there is a sight gag about an erection.

A son smokes marijuana from a pipe on screen while talking with his father, and the mother jokes about them getting stoned. A woman gets very drunk at a bar, and wine is served at meals.

Nothing scary, but intense grief: the mother has terminal cancer, family members break down when they learn of it, and the story moves past a parent's death, which can hit hard for kids who have lost someone.