Different Man, A (2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Aaron Schimberg. Comedy/Thriller. After undergoing major facial reconstructive surgery, an aspiring actor (Sebastian Stan) finds that his new face does not afford him the advantages he thought it would.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatalogical slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and developmental slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence - some blood, littledetail
• Infrequent references to and portrayals of a suicide - no blood, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of nightmarish imagery and transformations in a medical context - little blood, some gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity, breast and buttock nudity, some detail
• Infrequent breast and male frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent references to illegal substance use
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - some detail

Thematic elements

• Identity and belonging
• Jealousy
• Perspectives on success

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for nudity, sexual content, coarse language, and violence

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