A kid asks another about why mermaids are sexy. The other kid responds that it's because of the mermaid's boobs.

A kid asks another whether he'd rather have a hat made of spiders or penises for fingers. It is played as a joke and is said twice.

A woman slaps her son.

A woman is pushed and her coffee is spilled on her.

A boy talks about his mother dying in a car crash.

A kid is seen briefly being held in a choke-hold by police as they drive past. Later, the kid re-appears with blood on him saying he was kicked by the police but was able to escape.

Kids talk about how they think an old man killed a woman, hung her up and bled her in his back yard.

A boy threatens a man with a gun.

Moderate profanity throughout the film: 5 derivatives of "fuck" (from 58 in the book), 2 derivitives of "shit" and 1 use of "piss" (from 120), 4 uses of the Vietnamese derogatory term "cong" and 1 use of both "yellow-skinned" and the slur for Communists of "red" (from 52), 3 uses of "penis" and 1 use of "boobies" (from 61), 3 derivatives of "jesus" (from 32), 1 use of "bugger" and 3 uses of "bastard" (from 31).

Two kids drink an Irish whiskey from a glass bottle stolen from one of the kid's alcoholic father.

An adult woman and man drink together in a car.

One kid offers another a cigarette which the other refuses. The first kid then smokes the cigarette briefly.

The film consists of repetitive and continuous use of the theme of racism. Both a Vietnamese and Aboriginal kid are attacked for their ethnicity.

There are some references to the Vietnam War as the movie is set in 1969, which may be unsettling to those who have experience from the war or have been affected by it.