• Director(s)

    Sharon Sheehan

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    08/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    153m

  • Cast

    Jonathan Moore, Tom Machell, Mark Fletcher

Film

Mary Anning and the Dinosaur Hunters

discrimination, mild upsetting scenes, sex references, threat, language

This heartfelt UK drama tells the story, based on true events, of the pioneering 19th century palaeontologist Mary Anning, and explores themes of historical sexist discrimination against women.…

This heartfelt UK drama tells the story, based on true events, of the pioneering 19th century palaeontologist Mary Anning, and explores themes of historical sexist discrimination against women.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

rude humour

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Sharon Sheehan

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    08/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    153m

  • Cast

    Jonathan Moore, Tom Machell, Mark Fletcher

discrimination, mild upsetting scenes, sex references, threat, language
Classified Date:
17/04/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Sharon Sheehan Films
violence
There is a reference to an historical judicial ruling that "a man could beat his wife with a stick no wider than the width of a thumb".
threat and horror
During a storm, two people are struck fatally by a bolt of lightning in undetailed fashion, but an infant being held by one of them survives. The ground at the edge of a cliff gives way under a man causing him to fall and injure himself. A landowner makes verbal threats to have farmworkers hanged for protesting on his property about their economic conditions.
language
There is mild bad language ('strumpet', 'arse'), as well as very mild terms ('God').
sex
Unscrupulous men talk about 'bedding' a woman and how it will be 'sport' as they plan to seduce her in order to exploit her scientific expertise. The woman is barred entry to a scientific exhibition and is told to "go and solicit somewhere else".
discrimination
In displays of historical sexism, a woman's scientific expertise is derided by a male establishment which refuses to admit her into its community. Discrimination, which is also directed at social class and religion, is not condoned by the work as a whole.
rude humour
There is a reference to "dinosaur poo".
injury detail
There is a small scorch mark on the face of a person who has been struck by lightning.
alcohol and smoking
A woman in emotional turmoil drinks ale and passes out; she is later told about gossip that she has "taken to the bottle".
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement and illness, which includes references to a person taking opium to cope with the pain of a serious medical condition.

  • Classified date

    17/04/2024

  • Language

    English