Kinds Of Kindness (2024)

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Synopsis

Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos. Comedy/Drama. Three stories revolving around a man (Jesse Plemons) who has no control of his life, a police officer (Jesse Plemons) whose wife (Emma Stone) is not the same after returning from a supposed drowning, and a woman (Emma Stone) in a cult searching for a person with special powers.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, most in a sexual context
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - blood and some detail; infrequent portrayals of cannibalism - some detail
• Portrayal of harm against animals - little blood and some detail
• Portrayal of a miscarriage - blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of self-harm and suicide, some involving animals - blood and some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast and buttock nudity, detail
• Portrayal of a sexual assault - no nudity, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of breast, buttock, and female genital nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context
• Portrayal of a crude bodily function - detail

Thematic elements

• Power and control
• Paranoia and suspicion
• Search for truth

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content, violence, nudity, and substance use

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