Defending Jacob

Director(s)Morten Tyldum
Production year2021
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes48m
CastChris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel, Sakina Jaffrey, Patrick Fischler, Daniel Henshall, Jordan Alexa Davis, Morten Tyldum, Mark Bomback, William Landay, Mark Bomback, John P. Fedynich, Lisa C. Satriano, Ólafur Arnalds, Atli Örvarsson, Jonathan Freeman, Pål Ulvik Rokseth, Tom Wilson, Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Meredith Tucker, Patti Podesta

Defending Jacob

DEFENDING JACOB is a US crime drama miniseries; in this episode, Andy reluctantly visits his father in prison.
DEFENDING JACOB is a US crime drama miniseries; in this episode, Andy reluctantly visits his father in prison.
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
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VOD/Streaming
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10/06/2024
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VOD/Streaming
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10/06/2024
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VOD/Streaming
strong language
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24/05/2023
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VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘shit’ and ‘balls’.
additional issues
A flashback sequence features a brief moderate image of a murdered teenager with blood smeared over his neck. During a psychiatric assessment, a person is shown a series of photos of moderate bloody images including an injured man curled up on the ground, a line of dead bodies wrapped in sheets, and a dead squirrel with exposed internal organs. There are moderate verbal references to sexual violence, including a series of insensitive references to groping when a man contests a teenager’s claim that he was assaulted by an adult sex offender. Other issues include infrequent mild sex references and brief, undetailed verbal references to suicide and drug dealing.
strong sex references
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sex
A man is told that his teenage son has been visiting fetish pornography websites containing ‘cutter porn’. A flashback scene shows the father investigating one of these sites on his phone and seeing a series of disturbing still images, including a woman’s bare lower legs covered in blood, another woman holding something to her arm as if in the process of self-harming, and other women posed as if intended to appear dead. There is no visible nudity. Other scenes feature moderate visual and verbal sex references, and there is a short moderate sex scene.
additional issues
The episode features use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘slut’, ‘ass’, ‘piss’, ‘dick’ and ‘bullshit’. There are verbal references to a teenage boy having attempted to blackmail a teenage girl into performing oral sex on him by threatening to share her nude selfie with the rest of their school. A flashback sequence shows a young child raising a bowling ball as if preparing to strike another child’s head, but an adult intervenes. A teenager is shown using a marijuana bong. There are also occasional scenes of emotional distress.
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
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VOD/Streaming
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10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
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10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
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Classified date24/05/2023
LanguageEnglish
sex
A man is told that his teenage son has been visiting fetish pornography websites containing ‘cutter porn’. A flashback scene shows the father investigating one of these sites on his phone and seeing a series of disturbing still images, including a woman’s bare lower legs covered in blood, another woman holding something to her arm as if in the process of self-harming, and other women posed as if intended to appear dead. There is no visible nudity. Other scenes feature moderate visual and verbal sex references, and there is a short moderate sex scene.
additional issues
The episode features use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘slut’, ‘ass’, ‘piss’, ‘dick’ and ‘bullshit’. There are verbal references to a teenage boy having attempted to blackmail a teenage girl into performing oral sex on him by threatening to share her nude selfie with the rest of their school. A flashback sequence shows a young child raising a bowling ball as if preparing to strike another child’s head, but an adult intervenes. A teenager is shown using a marijuana bong. There are also occasional scenes of emotional distress.
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘shit’ and ‘balls’.
additional issues
A flashback sequence features a brief moderate image of a murdered teenager with blood smeared over his neck. During a psychiatric assessment, a person is shown a series of photos of moderate bloody images including an injured man curled up on the ground, a line of dead bodies wrapped in sheets, and a dead squirrel with exposed internal organs. There are moderate verbal references to sexual violence, including a series of insensitive references to groping when a man contests a teenager’s claim that he was assaulted by an adult sex offender. Other issues include infrequent mild sex references and brief, undetailed verbal references to suicide and drug dealing.
strong sex references
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sex
A man is told that his teenage son has been visiting fetish pornography websites containing ‘cutter porn’. A flashback scene shows the father investigating one of these sites on his phone and seeing a series of disturbing still images, including a woman’s bare lower legs covered in blood, another woman holding something to her arm as if in the process of self-harming, and other women posed as if intended to appear dead. There is no visible nudity. Other scenes feature moderate visual and verbal sex references, and there is a short moderate sex scene.
additional issues
The episode features use of strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘slut’, ‘ass’, ‘piss’, ‘dick’ and ‘bullshit’. There are verbal references to a teenage boy having attempted to blackmail a teenage girl into performing oral sex on him by threatening to share her nude selfie with the rest of their school. A flashback sequence shows a young child raising a bowling ball as if preparing to strike another child’s head, but an adult intervenes. A teenager is shown using a marijuana bong. There are also occasional scenes of emotional distress.
Director(s)Morten Tyldum
Production year2021
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes48m
CastChris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel, Sakina Jaffrey, Patrick Fischler, Daniel Henshall, Jordan Alexa Davis, Morten Tyldum, Mark Bomback, William Landay, Mark Bomback, John P. Fedynich, Lisa C. Satriano, Ólafur Arnalds, Atli Örvarsson, Jonathan Freeman, Pål Ulvik Rokseth, Tom Wilson, Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Meredith Tucker, Patti Podesta
Classified date24/05/2023
LanguageEnglish