Grace And Frankie – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Grace And Frankie

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show2015Comedy, Drama

35%

WISE Score

Avg. Tomatometer

Two 70-something frenemies navigate divorce, vibrators, and weed after their husbands leave them for each other—definitely not family movie night.

8.2/10

90%

86%

7.7

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Grace And Frankie

show

TV-MA, 2015, Comedy, Drama

35%

WISE Score

Avg. Tomatometer

Two 70-something frenemies navigate divorce, vibrators, and weed after their husbands leave them for each other—definitely not family movie night.

8.2

90%

7.7

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Screenwise Verdict

Let's be crystal clear: Grace and Frankie is NOT for kids. This is a show where vibrator entrepreneurship is a major plot point, marijuana is consumed regularly, and the humor is decidedly adult.

That said, for parents watching on their own (or with older teens who are genuinely mature), it's actually quite good. It tackles aging, female friendship, sexuality, and reinvention with humor and heart. The TMDB rating of 7.67 reflects that it resonates with audiences.

But if you're looking at this for family viewing? Hard pass. The 'kids mode available' flag in the data is misleading—this should never be in kids mode. It's TV-MA content through and through.

For the Screenwise scoring system focused on family-friendly recommendations, this scores low because it's simply not appropriate for the core audience of families with children. It's good television for adults, but that's not what we're optimizing for here.

Age Fit

This is strictly adult content, potentially appropriate for mature 17+ viewers who can handle sexual content, drug use, and complex relationship dynamics. Not for anyone younger, period.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

Grace and Frankie models resilience and unlikely friendship between two very different women navigating major life upheaval. The core relationship shows cooperation and growth. However, the premise involves infidelity and divorce, the humor is often adult-oriented with sexual references, and the show includes drinking, marijuana use, and mature relationship dynamics that aren't exactly wholesome family viewing. The tone is generally kind but firmly adult.

Imaginative

The premise of two 70-something women reinventing their lives offers some creative exploration of aging, entrepreneurship (they start a vibrator business for older women), and challenging social norms. However, it's a fairly conventional sitcom structure without particularly innovative storytelling or world-building. The imagination comes more from the characters' personalities than from creative narrative techniques.

Safe

This is decidedly NOT safe for children. The show contains sexual content, nudity, drug use (marijuana is a recurring element), alcohol consumption, mature themes around sexuality and aging, and adult language. The central premise involves two men leaving their wives for each other, exploring LGBTQ+ relationships in ways that require maturity to process. While there's no graphic violence, the sexual content and drug use would be highly inappropriate for unexpected young viewing. This is TV-MA territory even without an explicit rating listed.

Enriching

For adult viewers, Grace and Frankie offers meaningful exploration of aging, female friendship, reinvention after loss, LGBTQ+ acceptance, and challenging ageist stereotypes. It presents older women as complex, sexual, entrepreneurial beings. The show tackles grief, divorce, blended families, and finding purpose in later life with humor and heart. TMDB rating of 7.67 suggests it resonates with audiences. However, the enrichment value is exclusively for mature viewers who can appreciate these themes.

Parent Info

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Why It Might Be Great

Challenges ageist stereotypes by showing older women as complex, sexual, entrepreneurial, and fully alive
Models unlikely friendship and resilience through major life upheaval
Thoughtful, humorous exploration of LGBTQ+ relationships and modern family dynamics
Strong performances and genuine emotional depth beneath the comedy

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What to Watch For

Sexual content, nudity, and frank discussions about sex and aging bodies throughout
Regular marijuana use presented as comedic and normalized
Adult language, drinking, and mature relationship dynamics
Central premise involves infidelity and divorce, which may be sensitive for some families
This is firmly adult entertainment—not remotely appropriate for kids or young teens

Conversation Starters

"What do you think about how the show portrays getting older? Does it challenge stereotypes you've seen?"
"How do Grace and Frankie's different personalities help them deal with the same crisis?"
"What does the show say about starting over at any age?"
"How does the show handle the complexity of the husbands' relationship versus the pain of the divorce?"

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