As their relationship intensifies, they must contend with the reactions of their friends to their romance, including that of Eddie (SHAWN HATOSY), Al's insecure roommate who'd like a girlfriend like Imogen, and Monk (ZAK ORTH), an underground porn actor and director, whose industry friend, Cyrus (SELMA BLAIR), finds herself attracted to Al.
Then there's Al's dad, Chef Ray (HENRY WINKLER), who likes Imogen but wants Al to join him in a father/son cooking show, as well as Imogen's friend, Lana (ROSARIO DAWSON) who has a brief fling with Eddie, and Jim Morrison (ASHTON KUTCHER), who looks like the former leader of The Doors and has a thing for Imogen.
With time passing and the sparks of their early romantic relationship eventually being replaced by a comfortable, but not particularly exciting steady relationship, Al and Imogen must contend with trying to adapt to their evolving and somewhat stagnating relationship.
The main female character has a pregnancy scare from those encounters, however, and later cheats on her boyfriend by sleeping with another guy (not seen). In addition, several other characters are said to be in the porn industry, but beyond a non-explicit magazine and video cover, we don't see any related activity/behavior.
Profanity is rated as heavy due to 1 use of the "f" word, while only a handful of other profanities and some colorful phrases are also uttered. A great deal of what's presumably underage drinking (since these are college-aged characters) and some brief/slight drunkenness occurs, some drunk driving is implied (with a related and slightly bloody car accident), and some references to drug use/dealing are made (and we briefly see some drug related paraphernalia). Various college-aged characters also smoke throughout the film.
Finally, there are some other bad attitudes, some brief violence, and a possible suicide attempt (that's never satisfactorily explained to come to a definite conclusion on the matter). Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone in your home after reading that summary, we suggest that you more closely examine our more detailed content listings.
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(2000) (Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Heavy
Minor
Heavy
None
Mild
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
None
None
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Heavy
None
Moderate
Mild
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Reviewed January 21, 2000 / Posted January 21, 2000
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