Why Stop Now Review

Messages: Eli is doing his best to keep his family together, despite the daily dramas of his mom, a drug addict, and his younger sister, who's got some emotional issues. He wants to check Mom into rehab and reclaim his life, if he can just get through one very bad day and make it to an important audition. He must walk a fine line between taking care of others while not neglecting his own needs.

Role models: Eli is a dutiful son who wants to care for his mom but is trying not to lose his own identity while possibly sacrificing his future to keep his family together. Penny, on the other hand, is the height of narcissism as a drug-addicted mom who creates conflict and drama all around her while believing she's doing what's right and refusing to recognize that she's the source of all the problems. Together, they make up a dysfunctional family, but only Eli recognizes that it's broken and needs to be fixed.

Violence: Several heated arguments, sometimes involving pushing and shoving, and one scene featuring faux gunshots during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.

Sex: Some mild flirting.

Language: Frequent swearing, including "f--k," "s--t," "ass," "bitch," "butt," and more. Almost every conversation includes blue language.

Consumerism: Not an issue

Drinking, drugs and smoking: One of the main characters is a drug dealer, and the main plot drivers are putting together a large drug buy and helping a character get high. Another character gets bombed on Oxycodone and blows an important audition. Some people smoke cigarettes. College-age kids get wasted at a keg party. Other people drink tequila shots at a bar.