• Director(s)

    Ally Pankiw

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    07/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    106m

  • Cast

    Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones

Film

I Used to be Funny

sexual violence, strong language, sex references

An aspiring comedian struggles with her past trauma in the wake of the disappearance of a teenage girl she used to nanny. This dark comedy drama handles serious, upsetting subject matter with frank empathy and humour.…

An aspiring comedian struggles with her past trauma in the wake of the disappearance of a teenage girl she used to nanny. This dark comedy drama handles serious, upsetting subject matter with frank empathy and humour.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

violence

threat and horror

discrimination

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Ally Pankiw

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    07/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    106m

  • Cast

    Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones

sexual violence, strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
20/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Utopia
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'tits', 'pissed', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
Sex references are occasionally strong, including references to fellatio, analingus and 'rough sex'. There is also a brief sex scene and a scene in which it is implied that a man performs oral sex on a woman.
drugs
There are occasional references to drug misuse.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman struggles with PTSD after being raped by her employer. A flashback to the night of the attack involves sustained sexual threat, though the rape is not depicted. There are upsetting scenes in which the woman's factual account of what happened is disbelieved and her credibility is unfairly undermined.
additional issues
Other issues include occasional drug references.
sexual violence, strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
14/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Utopia
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'tits', 'pissed', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
Sex references are occasionally strong, including references to fellatio, analingus and 'rough sex'. There is also a brief sex scene and a scene in which it is implied that a man performs oral sex on a woman.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman struggles with PTSD after being raped by her employer. A flashback to the night of the attack involves sustained sexual threat, though the rape is not depicted. There are upsetting scenes in which the woman's factual account of what happened is disbelieved and her credibility is unfairly undermined.
additional issues
Other issues include occasional drug references.

  • Classified date

    20/06/2024

  • Language

    English