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Not screened for critics until the night before it opened (which is never a good sign), this is a quickly paced and slightly complex but otherwise poorly executed rip-off of the far superior and far funnier "Ruthless People." Our full review is coming soon.

OUR WORD TO PARENTS:

The following is a brief summary of the content found in this comedy that's been rated PG-13. Profanity consists of at least 1 "f" word, while other expletives and plenty of colorful phrases are uttered. Sexually related dialogue, innuendo and some song lyrics are present, sexual humor occurs (including a visual reference to oral sex that turns out to be something different, along with various gay prisoner bits), sex or sexual fooling around occurs just off camera, and various women are seen in tight and/or revealing attire (including showing a lot of cleavage).

Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes (including having affairs), while some drink and/or smoke. A married couple doesn't get along and is headed for divorce (played for laughs), while some crude humor is present, as are various forms of potentially imitative behavior. Some comedy-style fighting, striking of others and threatening with guns occurs in several scenes, including that related to a kidnapping.

If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.

For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there's some of that at a large party.

ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE

Peaches has a drink.

Whenever we see Corey's grandmother, she's holding a bottle of booze (often while asleep).

Renee drinks.

Commenting on a greeting card he earlier sent Renee, Malcolm states that he was drunk when he wrote the message inside and that she was buck naked on the floor.

We see Peaches blowing bubbles in her drink.

Miscellaneous people have drinks.

Malcolm refers to Corey's house as a "hole in the wall, crack-house."

When Malcolm sees the poorly constructed birdhouse Corey has made, Malcolm wonders if he was drunk and blindfolded when he made it.

We see three bottles of champagne in a large holder and then Andre holding a glass of bubbly in a bathtub.

BLOOD/GORE

We hear a fart from Corey's sleeping grandmother.

Malcolm has a slight cut on his brow.

Renee admits "I pooted" (farted) and Malcolm sniffs in the smell with pleasure. Later, Corey walks in, reacts to the smell and asks, "Who blew ass in my basement?"

Malcolm has some blood from his nose, down his chin and on his shirt.

DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE

Notwithstanding the first entry, all of the following is played for comedy.

There's talk of a 10-year-old boy having been kidnapped and some viewers might not like such material appearing in a comedy and inspiring the comical actions of would-be kidnappers (although they plot to kidnap an unlikable adult).

Miss Gladys refers to Renee as a "bitch."

Andre lies about being Malcolm (in hopes of scoring with Peaches and other young, attractive women).

Raven, who's just broken out of prison, tells Corey (her brother) that he better get her $10,000 or she's going to frame him. In turn, he then kidnaps Malcolm to get that. Later, he goes on a rampage and beats up some people.

Renee is portrayed as a gold-digger who just wants Malcolm's money. We also see that she's having an affair with her pool man and she plots to kidnap Malcolm to get her hands on his money.

Malcolm doesn't treat others nicely, is conceited in his wealth, promotes Peaches over Angela so that he can have sex with her and plots his own kidnapping to get out of paying alimony to his wife.

Some passing hecklers make fun of Corey in his restaurant mascot costume.

Upset that Malcolm promoted Peaches into a high level job rather than her (after she's already been doing the job), Angela quits and says she has a "kiss my ass sandwich" for him. She then crawls up onto a table in front of others in her tight skirt, sticks her butt out in Malcolm's direction and comments on "your crusty lips and my black ass."

After an outburst by Angela (over not getting a promotion that went to Peaches), Malcolm says (about Angela), "Somebody must be on the rag today" (with Peaches thinking he's talking about her).

Malcolm looks down (and laughs at) Corey.

A pawnbroker takes advantage of Corey when she realizes he's desperate for money.

Renee's pool man stutters and Malcolm makes fun of that.

Andre stares at Peaches' clothed butt while on a date with another woman.

Angela and her friends, wearing masks, hold guns on Malcolm and Renee's pool man, locking the latter in a car trunk and hoping to kidnap the former.

Corey refers to his grandmother as "You deaf old hag" and then makes fun of her being deaf as she sleeps.

Angela admits to lying about her prior educational experience.

Kim, a born again Christian, states that the Lord will take care of them (regarding their botched kidnapping attempt). Angela then sarcastically states that when they're being passed around C-block for cigarettes, "It was the Lord who put us there." (Some viewers might not like that comment)

To avoid having the police hear her previous kidnapping ploy, Renee lies to them about what she, Malcolm and Corey were up to.

FRIGHTENING SCENES

Scenes listed under "Violence" could be unsettling to younger viewers and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material, but all of it's played for comedy.

GUNS/WEAPONS

Handguns//Shotguns: Carried and/or used to threaten others. See "Violence" for details.

We see a machine gun being fired in a first person shooter video game.

IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR

Phrases: "Hold the f*ck up (or "on")," An incomplete use of "bullsh*t," "Damn, I'm pretty," "Jackass" (said many times), "You damn well," "You finally decided to divorce the bitch," "Dumb ass," "Loser," "Shut up (stupid)," "The bitch is on line one," "Hot damn," "You old witch," "Nappy," "Go dig a hold on," "Hell if I care," "Oh hell," "That little punk," "(Kiss my) Black ass," "You have lost your mind," "Kiss my ass sandwich," "On the rag" (menstruating), "Your shoes suck," "Damn right it is," "Kidnap his ass," "Dumb ass," "Hell yeah," "Booty," "Why you trippin,'" "Oh, hell no," "Where the hell is the limo?" "What in the hell are you wearing?" "Where the hell have you been?" "Freezing my ass off," "Jerk," "Who the hell are they?" "Move your asses," "We're going to hell," "Where the hell is he?" "Hole in the wall crack-house," "You deaf, old hag," "What the hell is this?" "Not so dipped in stupid," "To hell with paper work," "You're just as dumb as your dumb ass sister," "What the hell is wrong with you?" "Balls" (testicles), "I don't give a damn," "I'm gonna stay on you like white girls on NBA players," "Hurry your ass up," "Shut it," "Freak," "Pooted" and "Who blew ass in my basement" (farted), "Be-atch" (bitch), "Psycho" and "One hell of a week."

The film could possibly inspire some teens to try faking a kidnapping ploy (or do the real thing) to make quick money.

Many of the women show lots of cleavage, while Peaches flaunts her sexuality (knowingly or in a flighty fashion).

Kim has a large tattoo on the top of her left breast.

Corey's grandmother belches.

Upset that Malcolm promoted Peaches into a high level job rather than her (after she's already been doing the job), Angela quits and says she has a "kiss my ass sandwich" for him. She then crawls up onto a table in front of others in her tight skirt, sticks her butt out in Malcolm's direction and comments on "your crusty lips and my black ass."

Peaches wears a midriff-revealing top.

Herb and others prisoners have tattoos.

Herb has some gold teeth.

We see Herb preparing some chloroform to use on Andre.

We see Peaches blowing bubbles in her drink.

Corey throws tack-like pieces out onto the road to flatten a van's tires (and send it spinning around before coming to a stop). He later fires his nail gun into another tire, flattening it.

Showing Corey how to complain about poor service, Malcolm grabs the latter's sandwich (with unwanted mustard on it) and then smears that mustard-covered bread on Corey's face.

Angela drives through a red light.

JUMP SCENES

None.

MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE)

None.

MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE)

Some songs had lyrics that we couldn't hear and/or understand, thus offering the possibility of them potentially containing other objectionable material.

A song has some sexual lyrics including something about "I'm gonna lay you down" and about a trick a woman's tongue plays.

A song has a lyric about "shake your booty to the ground."

PROFANITY

At least 1 "f" word, 1 incomplete "s" word, 2 slang terms for sex ("getting any" and "getting some"), 1 slang term each for female and male genitals ("cat" and "tool"), 26 hells, 20 damns, 14 asses, 10 uses of "Oh my God" and 1 use of "Jesus."

SEX/NUDITY

Malcolm tells some clothed models "bikini wax" and then says something about it looking like a midget holding a bunch of twigs (presumably referring to their pubic hair).

Peaches dances about the office in a very tight dress, shaking her clothed butt and drawing the attention of various male coworkers.

Kim shows a lot of cleavage in various scenes and has a large tattoo on the top of her left breast.

As Malcolm has his back to the camera while seated in his office chair, we see Peaches pop up from his crotch area and then disappear back there. The visual joke is that she's performing oral sex on him, but we then see that she's just massaging his bare feet (with him making sexual, ecstasy type sounds).

Renee tells Malcolm, "Just like sex with you after two minutes, this conversation is over."

Renee, sporting some cleavage, likes the looks of the shirtless pool man. When she talks to him, he says he has work to do, but she replies she wasn't talking about the pool (while placing one foot up on an elevated surface so that the camera is shooting his expression through her legs).

Commenting on a greeting card he earlier sent Renee, Malcolm states that he was drunk when he wrote the message inside and that she was buck naked on the floor.

Talking about another client who had an affair, Renee's lawyer says, "I sure hope the sex was worth it" (with Renee's worried expression showing she's had one or more as well).

Peaches, who shows more cleavage, purposefully drops her car keys in front of Andre and then provocatively bends over in her tight dress so that her rear end is facing him. She then states that she hopes he "could wax this real good," with him replying, "Whatever you're into, baby" and her then saying, "I'll definitely make it worth your while."

Renee shows lots of cleavage in some lingerie that's open over her chest and shows part of her bra. She then puts her foot (in high heels) on the pool man's body.

We see some photos of Peaches sticking her clothed butt out.

Renee shows more cleavage.

Peaches wants Malcolm to come to bed with her and shows him some fuzzy handcuffs. She then does all sorts of sexy stretching near him, trying to get his attention.

Representing Andre's point of view, the camera focuses on Peaches' clothed butt in her tight outfit.

Throughout the film, we see all sorts of cleavage from minor and miscellaneous characters.

A song has some sexual lyrics including something about "I'm gonna lay you down" and about a trick a woman's tongue plays.

We see Renee standing wet in a towel.

Malcolm mistakenly thinks that Corey is Peaches' brother. Thus, when Corey asks if Malcolm knows his sister, Malcolm replies, "Know her? I'm sleeping with her."

We see Andre in his boxers (and everything up top) after Herb has kidnapped him (with the joke being that Herb has gay tendencies after being in prison). Later, Herb looks lasciviously at Herb who's in a bubble bath, comments on prison showers and that the bubbles around Andre "make you more slippery." He then suggestively puts a grape into his own mouth when he says, "If you weren't Peaches' boyfriend..."

Andre comments on Peaches being the one with "the round..." (butt) that he compares to an apple with its two parts.

After getting a call from Peaches, Andre jumps on a bed (clothed) and starts humping it in an exaggerated and excited fashion.

Malcolm tells Corey that the latter "ain't got no balls." Malcolm then boasts that he has big, mainly and hairy ones that hang down to his knees when he wears shorts.

Miss Gladys tells some cops (about their investigation of Malcolm's kidnapping), "I'm gonna stay on you like white girls on NBA players."

Angela shows lots of cleavage.

Unaware that she's really going to see Andre rather than Malcolm, Peaches dons a blindfold and goes into the bedroom, dropping her coat revealing a rear view of her in a sexy bra and panties. We then hear some muted sexual sounds and her asking, "Where did that come from?" She then comes out, looking a bit disheveled and tells her brother, "Malcolm never did that before." After she leaves, Andre comes out and enthusiastically dances around in a robe, shaking his butt while doing so, drawing Herb's attraction (and Andre then rushes back into his bedroom after telling Herb that Peaches is a "freak," meaning sexually).

We see a TV commercial for a product called "Boneagra" or "Bonagra" with the slogan being "straight up" and the sight of two people's fingers pointing up (symbolizing erections).

Renee and Malcolm state that they can see why Corey is still a virgin. He claims he isn't, adding "not entirely," but Malcolm says you either are or aren't. He then asks Corey if he's ever touched what sounded like "a cat" (presumably slang for another slang term for female genitals).

Corey confronts a female pawnbroker who earlier took advantage of him selling his power tools. He then says that he forget "to show you my tool," she asks if it's a nice one and he replies, "You tell me." We then hear a zipper sound, the pawnbroker scream, and the sound of meat (his penis) flopping onto the counter (we don't see any of that).

After Corey beats him up, his former boss pleads, "Don't let me die a virgin" (after which Corey knees him in the crotch).

Talking about their first date, Malcolm mentions that Renee "gave me some," with Renee playfully saying it helps to give "him some."

Renee tells Malcolm that she figured as much that he slept with someone in his company. He then tells her that he knows "you haven't been getting any" and that both know how she likes "to be getting some."

In the "whatever happened to" credits at the end, it states that Andre "waxes it for her (Peaches) several times a day."

We see Herb pat a male cop on his clothed butt.

In the "whatever happened to" credits at the end, it states that Corey is no longer a virgin after spending time in prison.

Brooke pawns some items at a pawnshop to get money to pay off any future lesbians in prison (so that she doesn't have to do anything with them).

SMOKING

Corey's grandmother is seen on various occasions (awake and asleep) holding a cigarette, Andre has a lit cigar twice and Renee smokes once.

Herb talks of Cuban cigars with Andre.

Renee states that it's time for a smoke, but doesn't.

Kim, a born again Christian, states that the Lord will take care of them (regarding their botched kidnapping attempt). Angela then sarcastically states that when they're being passed around C-block for cigarettes, "It was the Lord who put us there."

TENSE FAMILY SCENES

We hear and then see that Malcolm and Renee are going through divorce proceedings, with her wanting half his money and him not wanting that to happen (all played for comedy).

Malcolm and Renee bicker a lot while tied together in Corey's basement.

Malcolm and Renee get back together, but in the "whatever happened to" credits at the end, it's stated that they divorced six months later.

TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT

Real life kidnappings. And there's talk of a 10-year-old boy having been kidnapped and some viewers might not like such material appearing in a comedy and inspiring the comical actions of would-be kidnappers (although they plot to kidnap an unlikable adult).

Get rich quick schemes.

Various characters play the lottery and hope of winning it big.

Divorce.

Affairs.

Office politics.

Renee's pool man stutters and Malcolm makes fun of that.

Renee says on the phone that she has cramps.

VIOLENCE

All of the following is played for laughs.

Miss Gladys smacks Malcolm for cussing.

Raven surprises Corey (her brother) in his truck by grabbing him around the neck. She then smacks and hits him.

Malcolm stomps down on his cell phone on the floor in anger.

Corey accidentally shoots himself in the foot (no impact) and possibly elsewhere with his nail gun.

Renee's pool man jumps on the hood of a moving limo (to make it stop) and then holds a handgun on the driver when he checks on him lying on the street.

Malcolm hits Renee's pool man (who's kidnapping him, but Malcolm thinks it's part of his plan, not somebody else's). The pool man then holds his gun on Malcolm, who still thinks it's part of the ruse.

Angela and her friends, wearing masks, hold guns on Malcolm and Renee's pool man, locking the latter in a car trunk and hoping to kidnap the former.

Corey throws tack-like pieces out onto the road to flatten a van's tires (and send it spinning around before coming to a stop). He later fires his nail gun into another tire, flattening it.

Corey opens a van door and Malcolm falls hard to the street.

Malcolm slaps Corey on the face for bungling a ransom call.

We hear the sounds of car accidents around Peaches as she drives and talks on her phone.

Malcolm pushes Corey and tries to escape, with Corey firing several shots from his nail gun at Malcolm (they land in a nearby wall). He then runs into Malcolm against that wall, but Malcolm gets by him and runs up the stairs where he encounters Renee. Corey then grabs the runner on the steps and yanks it back, sending Malcolm and Renee tumbling down the steps (they later awaken to find themselves tied together in chairs).

Corey kicks and breaks his TV in anger. He then smacks Malcolm and threatens him with a hammer.

Corey bumps hard into Brooke in passing in a store.

Corey tackles his former coworker (who's wearing a restaurant mascot costume). Corey then does various professional wrestling elbow drops on the character and punches and kicks him (all played for comedy). He then goes inside and confronts his former boss, punching him in the face and gut before kneeing him in the crotch.

Cops hold handguns and shotguns on Angela and her friends.

Malcolm frees himself from his bindings and drives Corey back against a wall where they struggle and then do the same upstairs. Corey then struggles with Renee and nearly hits her, but stops, with Malcolm then throwing Corey against another wall and Renee then hitting Corey on the head with a glass vase. The police then burst in and hold their guns on all three of them.

Corey's grandmother attacks Malcolm when he takes her bottle from her, and we hear the sound of her biting him.

Miss Gladys pushes various cops aside to get to Malcolm and make sure he's okay.