Little Voice

Director(s)Jessie Nelson
Production year2020
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes30m
CastBrittany O'Grady, Sean Teale, Colton Ryan

Little Voice

strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US musical drama series; in this episode, Bess gets a new neighbour and tries to confront her fear of playing her own music in public.

language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'dickhead', 'balls', 'God' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There are moderate comic verbal references to oral sex. A woman jokes about getting the 'clap'. A woman says she thinks her musician friend is experiencing post-traumatic stress after being cruelly heckled during a performance. Characters are shown drunk and arguing at a bar.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US musical drama series; in this episode, Bess gets her first paying gig at a club and an unexpected ally helps her to tackle her stagefright.

language
There is strong language ('fuck') and milder terms which include 'shit', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
There are mild, comic verbal references to drug misuse. A woman mentions bi-polar disorder.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, discrimination
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US drama series; in this episode, a violent incident involving her housemate makes it tricky for Bess to write a song about hope.

violence
Two men attack two women kissing in a park; one of them throws a bottle at a woman's head while directing racist and homophobic language at the couple. There are brief images showing the woman's bloody head wound in the aftermath of the attack.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as implied uses ('AF'), which are accompanied by other milder terms ('bullshit', 'shit', 'hell' and 'damn').
discrimination
Homophobic and racist terms are used ('dyke', 'terrorist') during a violent hate crime involving two women in a park. There are further references to the couple's individual struggles reconciling their sexuality with the entrenched beliefs of their respective families. In another scene, three young men laugh at a young man with autism, but their behaviour is immediately challenged.
additional issues
There are also mild verbal references to sex.
mild bad language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US drama series; in this episode, Bess gets the chance to record in a legendary music studio but faces an unexpected struggle when her father joins her.

language
Mild bad language includes the terms 'shit', 'bullshit' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are very mild scene of emotional upset after a young man loses his job. Alcoholism is implied when a man drinks alcohol to help him get through a musical performance.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US music drama series; in this episode, Bess films her first music video and her attraction to Ethan becomes clearer to her friends.

language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'shit' and 'freaking'.
additional issues
A musician drinks alcohol to help settle her nerves and improve her performance, to the surprise of a colleague. A woman suggests her friend is 'eye-humping' a man in a moderate sex reference.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US drama series; in this episode, Bess takes a self-destructive path when she realises Ethan will not leave Laila.

language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'shit', 'ass', 'frig', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
A man behaves in an inappropriate way toward a woman he is helping professionally, by touching her back and making moderately suggestive comments toward her; this behaviour is called out and condemned. A man aggressively grabs the collar of another and drags him into a building. A woman drinks alcohol to excess, believing it will help her to deal with personal difficulties. A drunk man behaves in a sexist way toward a female bar-worker.
mild bad language, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US music drama series; in this episode, Bess loses her notebook of ideas just as a series of meetings are set up with record executives.

language
There is mild bad language, including the terms 'shit', 'dick', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
There are scenes of couples kissing and brief undetailed references to sex.
theme
A mother and her young children are seen playing happily until the father returns home and angrily tells them to be quiet; it is implied they may be fearful of abusive behaviour. A drunk man shouts aggressively at his daughter when she tries to help him; it is implied he is suffering from alcoholism.
additional issues
Two young men argue and struggle over a video camera before dropping and breaking it.
infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US music drama series; in this episode, Bess searches for her missing father and finds herself losing faith in her dreams, just as a figure from her past makes an unexpected return.

language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k').
additional issues
There are brief, undetailed sex references and discussion of relationships. A woman fears her father may have returned to alcoholism and drug misuse. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters worry about troubled loved ones and romantic relationships.
infrequent strong language, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

LITTLE VOICE is a US drama series; in this episode, a family reunion does not go as planned for Bess and Louie, but Bess finally faces her fears on-stage.

violence
A woman slaps her adult son in the face; she later confesses she sometimes used to hit him when he was a child if she become angry with him. This behaviour is condemned and the mother is ashamed of her actions.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms like 'butt'.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and scenes of characters kissing.
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Classified date24/05/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
A woman slaps her adult son in the face; she later confesses she sometimes used to hit him when he was a child if she become angry with him. This behaviour is condemned and the mother is ashamed of her actions.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms like 'butt'.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and scenes of characters kissing.
mild bad language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Mild bad language includes the terms 'shit', 'bullshit' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are very mild scene of emotional upset after a young man loses his job. Alcoholism is implied when a man drinks alcohol to help him get through a musical performance.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'shit' and 'freaking'.
additional issues
A musician drinks alcohol to help settle her nerves and improve her performance, to the surprise of a colleague. A woman suggests her friend is 'eye-humping' a man in a moderate sex reference.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, discrimination
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Two men attack two women kissing in a park; one of them throws a bottle at a woman's head while directing racist and homophobic language at the couple. There are brief images showing the woman's bloody head wound in the aftermath of the attack.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as implied uses ('AF'), which are accompanied by other milder terms ('bullshit', 'shit', 'hell' and 'damn').
discrimination
Homophobic and racist terms are used ('dyke', 'terrorist') during a violent hate crime involving two women in a park. There are further references to the couple's individual struggles reconciling their sexuality with the entrenched beliefs of their respective families. In another scene, three young men laugh at a young man with autism, but their behaviour is immediately challenged.
additional issues
There are also mild verbal references to sex.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('fuck') and milder terms which include 'shit', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
There are mild, comic verbal references to drug misuse. A woman mentions bi-polar disorder.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'dickhead', 'balls', 'God' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There are moderate comic verbal references to oral sex. A woman jokes about getting the 'clap'. A woman says she thinks her musician friend is experiencing post-traumatic stress after being cruelly heckled during a performance. Characters are shown drunk and arguing at a bar.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'shit', 'ass', 'frig', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
A man behaves in an inappropriate way toward a woman he is helping professionally, by touching her back and making moderately suggestive comments toward her; this behaviour is called out and condemned. A man aggressively grabs the collar of another and drags him into a building. A woman drinks alcohol to excess, believing it will help her to deal with personal difficulties. A drunk man behaves in a sexist way toward a female bar-worker.
mild bad language, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is mild bad language, including the terms 'shit', 'dick', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
There are scenes of couples kissing and brief undetailed references to sex.
theme
A mother and her young children are seen playing happily until the father returns home and angrily tells them to be quiet; it is implied they may be fearful of abusive behaviour. A drunk man shouts aggressively at his daughter when she tries to help him; it is implied he is suffering from alcoholism.
additional issues
Two young men argue and struggle over a video camera before dropping and breaking it.
infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k').
additional issues
There are brief, undetailed sex references and discussion of relationships. A woman fears her father may have returned to alcoholism and drug misuse. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters worry about troubled loved ones and romantic relationships.
infrequent strong language, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slaps her adult son in the face; she later confesses she sometimes used to hit him when he was a child if she become angry with him. This behaviour is condemned and the mother is ashamed of her actions.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms like 'butt'.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and scenes of characters kissing.
Director(s)Jessie Nelson
Production year2020
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes30m
CastBrittany O'Grady, Sean Teale, Colton Ryan
Classified date24/05/2023
LanguageEnglish