What is Two and a Half Men about?
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Two and a Half Men (2003)
A hedonistic jingle writer navigates raunchy, broad humor when his brother and nephew move in.
Crowd-pleasing, with big broad humor. A comfort watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Peacock.
Two and a Half Men parents guide
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a TV-14 usually carries. Beyond that, some strong language and no real violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Created byLee Aronsohn, Chuck Lorre
StarringAshton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, Conchata Ferrell
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Two and a Half Men is on our Raunchy, Peacock and Comedy on Peacock lists.
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