On The Come Up

violence

There are scenes of moderate violence, including a teenage girl being forcefully thrown to the ground, held there on her front before being cuffed by a security guard for supposedly selling contraband at her high school. A security guard is struck over the head by a bottle thrown during a riot outside a school. There are scenes in which rivalries between various street gangs flare up, such as two teenagers attacked by two men in the street, beaten to the floor and held at gunpoint. There is also an impressionistic shooting resulting in a woman being hospitalised, as well as other scenes of gun threat.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'cock', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').

sex

Moderate verbal sex references feature largely as part of insults in various rap battles, relating to sex work, 'poonanny' and 'cockblocking'. A man grabs his crotch and refers to his penis as 'The Black Mamba'.

discrimination

African-American students comment on the racial profiling at their school, which seems to dictate who gets their bag searched each morning. The protagonist's rap lyrics make reference to 'a knee on your neck' after an incident in which security guards used excessive force against her. There is also use of homophobic language ('dyke'), and racial language between peers ('n***a'). Racist and discriminatory attitudes are not endorsed by the work as a whole.

drugs

There are verbal references to a mother's heroin addiction, including in the context of rap battles in which its used to insult the teenage protagonist. A woman is tempted to break her sobriety as she witnesses a drug deal, but we later see her attend an AA meeting.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

A teenage girl is bullied by her peers after a stunted performance during a rap battle. There are also references to bereavement.

moderate violence, sex & drug references, discrimination, strong language

Classified Date:

20/10/2022

Version:

2D

Use:

VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Paramount Pictures International Limited

violence

There are scenes of moderate violence, including a teenage girl being forcefully thrown to the ground, held there on her front before being cuffed by a security guard for supposedly selling contraband at her high school. A security guard is struck over the head by a bottle thrown during a riot outside a school. There are scenes in which rivalries between various street gangs flare up, such as two teenagers attacked by two men in the street, beaten to the floor and held at gunpoint. There is also an impressionistic shooting resulting in a woman being hospitalised, as well as other scenes of gun threat.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'cock', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').

sex

Moderate verbal sex references feature largely as part of insults in various rap battles, relating to sex work, 'poonanny' and 'cockblocking'. A man grabs his crotch and refers to his penis as 'The Black Mamba'.

discrimination

African-American students comment on the racial profiling at their school, which seems to dictate who gets their bag searched each morning. The protagonist's rap lyrics make reference to 'a knee on your neck' after an incident in which security guards used excessive force against her. There is also use of homophobic language ('dyke'), and racial language between peers ('n***a'). Racist and discriminatory attitudes are not endorsed by the work as a whole.

drugs

There are verbal references to a mother's heroin addiction, including in the context of rap battles in which its used to insult the teenage protagonist. A woman is tempted to break her sobriety as she witnesses a drug deal, but we later see her attend an AA meeting.

flashing/flickering lights

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

A teenage girl is bullied by her peers after a stunted performance during a rap battle. There are also references to bereavement.

Classified date

20/10/2022
Language

English

Director(s)

Sanaa Lathan

Production Year

2022

Genre(s)

Drama

Approx. running minutes

111m

Cast

Jamila C. Gray, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty