LOVE & MERCY
LOVE & MERCY
Type of media Video
Approved Running time 116m 8s
BBFCInsight drug use, references to child abuse, infrequent strong language
Genre(s) Drama
Director(s) Bill Pohlad
Cast includes John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Kenny Wormald, Jake Abel, Joanna Going, Graham Rogers, Dee Wallace
Cut This work was passed uncut.
BBFCinsight publication date 28/08/2015
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
LOVE & MERCY is a drama based on the life of musician Brian Wilson, showing two key periods in his life, during the 1960s and 1980s.
- Drugs
Several scenes of drug use, including musicians smoking marijuana in the recording studio, and a sequence in which Wilson takes LSD. The latter is shown to be an ultimately upsetting experience for him: at first he is calm and enjoys its effects, but he then breaks down while describing it to his wife, clearly distressed. The film as a whole does not endorse or promote drug use, and it is shown to be one of several factors contributing to Wilson's mental health issues later on.
- Theme
Several verbal references to child abuse as Wilson describes being hit by his father when he was a child, and deafened in one ear as a result. In a flashback sequence, we see this blow being dealt.
- Language
One use of strong language ('f**k') as Wilson is frustrated and says this to himself. Milder bad language includes 'shit', 'piss', 'bitch' and 'slut'.
There is also the suggestion that a couple have had sex when we see them talking in bed, covered by sheets, but with a brief glimpse of the woman's bare buttocks as she gets up.
Details
- Title
- LOVE & MERCY
- Year
- 2015
- Distributor(s)
- Sony DADC UK Limited
- Classified date(s)
- 02/12/2015
- Main language
- English
- Submitted run time
- 116m 8s
- BBFC reference
- AVF326857
Components List
This work is made up of a number of separate components. Note that since February 2001 the BBFC has measured each component separately, but older works may not have the exact details, only a list of titles
- 01:56:07:21
- LOVE & MERCY
Related work
Feature
| Title | Type | Runtime | Cut | Distributor | Date | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVE & MERCY | Sony DADC UK Limited,Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd. | 02/12/2015 |  18 |
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| LOVE & MERCY | Film | 120m 51s | Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd. | 03/06/2015 |  12A |
Trailer
| Title | Type | Runtime | Cut | Distributor | Date | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVE & MERCY | FilmTrailer | 1m 44s | Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd. | 26/05/2015 | 12A |
VAM
| Title | Type | Runtime | Cut | Distributor | Date | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOVE & MERCY - ADDED VALUE [Additional Material] | Video | 18m 19s | Sony DADC UK Limited | 14/09/2015 |  PG |
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| LOVE & MERCY [Additional material,Audio commentary with Bill Pohlad and Oren Moverman] | Video | 116m 8s | Sony DADC UK Limited | 14/09/2015 |  12 |
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