Waves

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Synopsis

Drama. After violent attack, a Florida family (Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sterling K. Brown) drifts apart.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual or aggressive context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, ethno-cultural slurs, and vulgar expressions, some in an aggressive context
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence, some in a domestic context – some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – no nudity, some detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and illegal and prescription drug use in a recreational context – some detail

Thematic elements

• Family dynamics
• Coping with trauma
• Navigating adolescence

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, detailed substance use, and some violence

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