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14A(14A) Coarse Language

Synopsis

Dir: Todd Phillips. Drama/Musical. Based on characters from DC Comics. While being held in at Arkham State Hospital awaiting his trial, Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) meets a woman who idolizes him (Lady Gaga) and falls in love.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in fantasy context - some blood and detail
  • Infrequent references to, and portrayals of, suicide - little blood and detail
  • Infrequent references to child sexual abuse - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, little detail
  • Brief buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Isolation and alienation
  • Perspectives on love
  • Aberrant psychology

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

Classification date

September 19, 2024

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