• Director(s)

    Emerald Fennell

  • Production Year

    2020

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

Film

Promising Young Woman

sexual violence, violence, drug misuse, language, sex references

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN is a US thriller in which a woman seeks revenge on those she deems responsible for participating or colluding in a heinous sex crime.…

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN is a US thriller in which a woman seeks revenge on those she deems responsible for participating or colluding in a heinous sex crime.

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violence
There is a sustained scene of strong violence in which a man smothers a woman to death with a pillow.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by milder terms, including 'pussy', 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'asshole', 'God', 'hell' and 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sex
There are strong, sometimes crude, references to sex, including a man suggesting to another that he try ejaculating on a woman's face and buttocks at the same time.
drugs
A man snorts cocaine before forcibly coercing a woman to consume the drug.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are frequent references to sexual violence. There are sequences of sexual assault as men attempt to have sex with a woman who they believe to be inebriated. There are also verbal references to a recording of a woman who was raped at a party, as others watched. It is implied in some sequences that the video is played on a mobile device, but only undetailed audio is heard.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Director(s)

    Emerald Fennell

  • Production Year

    2020

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

sexual violence, violence, drug misuse, language, sex references
Classified Date:
01/12/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
sexual violence, violence, drug misuse, language, sex references
Classified Date:
23/07/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
violence
There is a sustained scene of strong violence in which a man smothers a woman to death with a pillow.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by milder terms, including 'pussy', 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'asshole', 'God', 'hell' and 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sex
There are strong, sometimes crude, references to sex, including a man suggesting to another that he try ejaculating on a woman's face and buttocks at the same time.
drugs
A man snorts cocaine before forcibly coercing a woman to consume the drug.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are frequent references to sexual violence. There are sequences of sexual assault as men attempt to have sex with a woman who they believe to be inebriated. There are also verbal references to a recording of a woman who was raped at a party, as others watched. It is implied in some sequences that the video is played on a mobile device, but only undetailed audio is heard.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
02/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures International UK & Eire Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer E
Classified Date:
03/01/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures International UK & Eire Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer A
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
02/08/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
23/07/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
23/07/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
23/07/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
23/07/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

  • Classified date

    23/07/2021

  • Language

    English