Creed-Teen Movie Review

Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) loves to fight. As an adolescent he’d get into trouble due unwarranted fighting at school. Even as an adult he felt the urge to throw a punch at someone. Fighting was in his blood due to the fact that Adonis’ father was the boxing champion Apollo Creed (who died before Adonis was born). When Adonis decides to pursue his passion he seeks out Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a retired boxing champ and Apollo’s rival, to be his trainer. Now the excitement begins as Rocky is back in the boxing world, however this time he’s on Creed’s side.

Rating: 3 and 1/2 out of 5
Release Date: March 1, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 10+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will kids/ Teens Like It? Yes

Talking Points:

The film highlights a strong work ethic. No matter how difficult things can get, you need to give it your all.
Also the importance of family and forgiveness is another noteworthy theme. For example..Adonis has a lot of anger towards his father. Rocky encourages him to forgive his father’s past actions.

Sexual Content: Moderate

We see Adonis and his girlfriend passionately kiss, they caress and fondle one another. It’s implied that they’ve had a sexual encounter.
It’s noted that Adonis is the product of Apollo Creed’s infidelity.

Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

There are graphic boxing scenes with men forcefully hitting one another.
We see open wounds and blood on the fighters faces. We see blood bursting out of cuts after fierce hits.
We see elementary aged kids punching one another in school.
Characters are shown unconscious on the ring floor.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate