The Effects Of Lying

strong language, sex references, suicide references
Director(s)Isher Sahota
Production year2023
Genre(s)Comedy
Approx. running minutes86m
CastAce Bhatti, Laila Rouass, Lauren Patel, Navin Chowdhry, Shaheen Khan, Bhasker Patel, Adam Bregman, Deepal Parmar, Mark Williams, Alice McInerny, Isher Sahota, James Hey, Jon Tarcy, Luis Almau, Adam Singodia, Joshua Whitelaw, Claudia Blunt, Ida Fly Hedqvist

The Effects Of Lying

strong language, sex references, suicide references
THE EFFECTS OF LYING is a British comedy drama in which the life of a devoted husband and father unravels when a long-hi ...
THE EFFECTS OF LYING is a British comedy drama in which the life of a devoted husband and father unravels when a long-hidden secret is exposed.
language
There is use of strong language ('maderc**d', 'f**k') and milder terms ('prick', 'slut', 'cock', 'twat', 'sod', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'tits', 'bloody', 'piss', 'dick', 'bollocks', 'bastard', 'screwed', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God').
sex
A couple having sex are found role-playing in latex and a police uniform. A man's gimp mask is thrown at him during an argument and there are references to a police baton being used in the bedroom.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to the suicide of a man with dementia and scenes in which he threatens to take his own life.
additional issues
A teenager with an eating disorder is made to have therapy by her parents. On one occasion she describes wanting to gorge and purge. There are rhetorical references to scoring drugs and dying of an overdose. There are references to a woman with ill mental health being placed in psychiatric care. A character bleeds heavily from the neck after accidentally being struck with a shovel. There are references to a white woman being discriminated against for having a child with a South Asian man and use of racist language ('paki'). A character is comically chased by a man wielding a lead pipe until someone intervenes.
strong language, sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
12/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Bonaparte Films Ltd
language
There is use of strong language ('maderc**d', 'f**k') and milder terms ('prick', 'slut', 'cock', 'twat', 'sod', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'tits', 'bloody', 'piss', 'dick', 'bollocks', 'bastard', 'screwed', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God').
sex
A couple having sex are found role-playing in latex and a police uniform. A man's gimp mask is thrown at him during an argument and there are references to a police baton being used in the bedroom.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to the suicide of a man with dementia and scenes in which he threatens to take his own life.
Classified date12/54/2023
LanguageEnglish
language
There is use of strong language ('maderc**d', 'f**k') and milder terms ('prick', 'slut', 'cock', 'twat', 'sod', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'tits', 'bloody', 'piss', 'dick', 'bollocks', 'bastard', 'screwed', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God').
sex
A couple having sex are found role-playing in latex and a police uniform. A man's gimp mask is thrown at him during an argument and there are references to a police baton being used in the bedroom.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to the suicide of a man with dementia and scenes in which he threatens to take his own life.
additional issues
A teenager with an eating disorder is made to have therapy by her parents. On one occasion she describes wanting to gorge and purge. There are rhetorical references to scoring drugs and dying of an overdose. There are references to a woman with ill mental health being placed in psychiatric care. A character bleeds heavily from the neck after accidentally being struck with a shovel. There are references to a white woman being discriminated against for having a child with a South Asian man and use of racist language ('paki'). A character is comically chased by a man wielding a lead pipe until someone intervenes.
Director(s)Isher Sahota
Production year2023
Genre(s)Comedy
Approx. running minutes86m
CastAce Bhatti, Laila Rouass, Lauren Patel, Navin Chowdhry, Shaheen Khan, Bhasker Patel, Adam Bregman, Deepal Parmar, Mark Williams, Alice McInerny, Isher Sahota, James Hey, Jon Tarcy, Luis Almau, Adam Singodia, Joshua Whitelaw, Claudia Blunt, Ida Fly Hedqvist
strong language, sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
12/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Bonaparte Films Ltd
language
There is use of strong language ('maderc**d', 'f**k') and milder terms ('prick', 'slut', 'cock', 'twat', 'sod', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'tits', 'bloody', 'piss', 'dick', 'bollocks', 'bastard', 'screwed', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God').
sex
A couple having sex are found role-playing in latex and a police uniform. A man's gimp mask is thrown at him during an argument and there are references to a police baton being used in the bedroom.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to the suicide of a man with dementia and scenes in which he threatens to take his own life.
Classified date12/54/2023
LanguageEnglish