Story
Themes
Drugs; crime; family breakdown; separation from a parent; sex and sexualisation; nudity
Violence
Now Add Honey has some violence. For example:
Sexual references
Now Add Honey has some sexual references. For example:
- Katie and her fiancé are shown in bed together.
- Characters talk about Caroline’s husband having sex with another woman.
- Beth tells Honey to push her breasts together for a photographer.
- Beth tells Caroline that ‘sex sells’ for 16-year-old girls.
- Honey reveals that her boyfriend broke up with her because she wouldn’t have sex with him.
Alcohol, drugs and other substances
Now Add Honey shows some use of substances. For example:
- Beth is shown taking pills. She’s arrested for smuggling drugs into Australia and sent to rehab. In rehab, Beth suffers drug withdrawal.
- Caroline’s husband suffers from panic attacks and is frequently shown taking herbal ‘rescue remedy’ drops when he’s panicked or stressed.
- Honey drinks alcohol and asks Caroline for a margarita.
- Caroline drinks a whole bottle of wine to calm down.
- Sebastian smokes, and Caroline comments on this being unusual for a chef.
Nudity and sexual activity
Now Add Honey shows some nudity and sexual activity. For example:
- Caroline’s youngest daughter watches Honey’s raunchy music video and begins to imitate the sexualised dance moves.
- Honey kisses a boy.
- Beth looks at a picture of a woman’s breasts in a nude photo shoot.
- Caroline’s breast pops out from her dress.
- A paparazzo takes a photograph of Caroline’s 16-year-old daughter in her underwear.
- Honey films a raunchy music video in which she wears a bikini and men lick her and rub corn all over her.
- Honey attends a nude photo shoot, but the audience is only shown her bottom.
- Caroline, Katie and Katie’s fiancé strip down to their underwear to distract a photographer from Honey.
- Katie’s fiancé shows his nude bottom.
Product placement
Nothing of concern
Coarse language
There is some coarse language in this movie.
Ideas to discuss with your children
Now Add Honey is an Australian comedy that examines taboos about nudity and considers the negative influence that child stars can have on their young fans.
The movie raises interesting topics for discussion with teenagers, but because of scenes featuring drug use, themes of sex and sexualisation, scenes showing nudity and some coarse language, the movie isn’t recommended for children under 13 years. Also, we recommend parental guidance for children aged 13-15 years.
The main messages from Now Add Honey are to:
- accept your flaws
- value your family
- be aware of the dangers of sexualised media and the negative influence of teenage stars.
Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include independence and responsibility.
This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the importance of not taking nude photographs. You could ask your children what they think about the influence of sexualised media, like Honey’s raunchy music video, on young fans.