• Director(s)

    Maggie Betts

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    126m

  • Cast

    Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett

Film

The Burial

strong language

Themes of racial injustice and discrimination underpin this 90s-set US courtroom drama, based on real events, as a flamboyant lawyer helps a funeral home owner in his battle against greed and underhand corporate dealings.…

Themes of racial injustice and discrimination underpin this 90s-set US courtroom drama, based on real events, as a flamboyant lawyer helps a funeral home owner in his battle against greed and underhand corporate dealings.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

discrimination

suicide and self-harm

theme

threat and horror

sex

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Maggie Betts

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    126m

  • Cast

    Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett

strong language
Classified Date:
22/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MetFilm Distribution
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'Jesus Christ'. Black people use the terms 'n***a' and 'negro'.
discrimination
A white man confesses to being prejudiced against black people. A black lawyer refuses to work with white clients. A businessman is discovered to have exploited black customers. There are references to slavery and the KKK.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a fleeting reference to sexual violence in the context of the KKK.
suicide and self-harm
A defence attorney makes reference to his client's suicide attempt.
strong language
Classified Date:
12/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
violence
A man angrily throws a chair against a serving trolley.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'piss', 'balls', 'screw' 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell' and 'damn'.
discrimination
There are references to slavery and to racist attitudes toward black people, including mention of the Ku Klux Klan. We hear black characters use the racial terms 'negro' and 'n****r'.
suicide and self-harm
We are told that a man intended to take his own life in a traffic accident after becoming intoxicated; this attempt was interrupted and he survived.
theme
There are undetailed verbal references to depression.
Classified Date:
15/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MetFilm Distribution

  • Classified date

    12/10/2023

  • Language

    English