Parents Guide for
Mo' Better Blues (1990) More at IMDbPro »

There are several sex scenes in which we see bare breasts.

Two characters are brutually beaten at the end of the film and we see their bloody, swollen and discolored faces.

A man has his fingers broken for not paying his gambling debts.

Constant profanity and sexual dialogue. The N word is also used, although it is used as a term of endearment between black characters.

Casual drinking and smoking. Many scenes take place inside a nightclub.

There is a very brutal and sustained beating scene that may bother some people, as well as a graphic birth scene.