The Fabelmans
racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
Director(s)Steven Spielberg
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes150m
CastMichelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Mateo Zoryan, Keeley Karsten, Alina Brace, Julia Butters, Birdie Borria, Steven Spielberg, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, Tony Kushner, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Janusz Kaminski, Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn, Cindy Tolan, Rick Carter
The Fabelmans
racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
A boy overcomes prejudice and the breakdown of his parents' marriage in the pursuit of his dream of being a filmmaker in ...
A boy overcomes prejudice and the breakdown of his parents' marriage in the pursuit of his dream of being a filmmaker in this gentle and uplifting family drama that promotes positive messages of love and forgiveness.
violence
language
sex
discrimination
drugs
rude humour
theme
threat and horror
racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
08/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
violence
Characters are punched in the mouth, with sight of bloody injury in the aftermath. There is mild violence in a scene from a film playing in a cinema, in which guns are fired and a blow is delivered to a man's head, but in undetailed fashion. A teenage boy makes films with his friends and family, which includes Western and war action with clearly contrived and unrealistic shootings, stabbings and beatings in which improvised special effects, such as fake blood, are used.
threat and horror
There is mild threat.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'crap', 'son of a bitch', 'balls', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'. There is also use of middle finger gestures.
sex
There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity.
discrimination
A Jewish teenager faces racism and bullying in high school where he is referred to as a "kike", taunted with a bagel hanging in his locker on which "Jew Hole" has been scrawled, and his race is accused of "killing Christ". A man talks about "Jew haters" in the circus business. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
A teenager smokes a joint and offers it to one of his peers, who declines.
rude humour
There is infrequent very mild rude humour.
theme
There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is mild threat. There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity. There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent. There is infrequent very mild rude humour. Adult characters smoke cigarettes and cigars.
racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
violence
Characters are punched in the mouth, with sight of bloody injury in the aftermath. There is mild violence in a scene from a film playing in a cinema, in which guns are fired and a blow is delivered to a man's head, but in undetailed fashion. A teenage boy makes films with his friends and family, which includes Western and war action with clearly contrived and unrealistic shootings, stabbings and beatings in which improvised special effects, such as fake blood, are used.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'crap', 'son of a bitch', 'balls', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'. There is also use of middle finger gestures.
sex
There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity.
discrimination
A Jewish teenager faces racism and bullying in high school where he is referred to as a "kike", taunted with a bagel hanging in his locker on which "Jew Hole" has been scrawled, and his race is accused of "killing Christ". A man talks about "Jew haters" in the circus business. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
A teenager smokes a joint and offers it to one of his peers, who declines.
rude humour
There is infrequent very mild rude humour.
theme
There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is mild threat. There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity. There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent. There is infrequent very mild rude humour. Adult characters smoke cigarettes and cigars.
Classified Date:
30/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
27/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
26/09/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified date05/06/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
language
sex
discrimination
drugs
rude humour
theme
threat and horror
Director(s)Steven Spielberg
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes150m
CastMichelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Mateo Zoryan, Keeley Karsten, Alina Brace, Julia Butters, Birdie Borria, Steven Spielberg, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, Tony Kushner, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Janusz Kaminski, Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn, Cindy Tolan, Rick Carter
racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
08/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
violence
Characters are punched in the mouth, with sight of bloody injury in the aftermath. There is mild violence in a scene from a film playing in a cinema, in which guns are fired and a blow is delivered to a man's head, but in undetailed fashion. A teenage boy makes films with his friends and family, which includes Western and war action with clearly contrived and unrealistic shootings, stabbings and beatings in which improvised special effects, such as fake blood, are used.
threat and horror
There is mild threat.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'crap', 'son of a bitch', 'balls', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'. There is also use of middle finger gestures.
sex
There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity.
discrimination
A Jewish teenager faces racism and bullying in high school where he is referred to as a "kike", taunted with a bagel hanging in his locker on which "Jew Hole" has been scrawled, and his race is accused of "killing Christ". A man talks about "Jew haters" in the circus business. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
A teenager smokes a joint and offers it to one of his peers, who declines.
rude humour
There is infrequent very mild rude humour.
theme
There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is mild threat. There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity. There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent. There is infrequent very mild rude humour. Adult characters smoke cigarettes and cigars.
racism, brief moderate violence, drug misuse, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
violence
Characters are punched in the mouth, with sight of bloody injury in the aftermath. There is mild violence in a scene from a film playing in a cinema, in which guns are fired and a blow is delivered to a man's head, but in undetailed fashion. A teenage boy makes films with his friends and family, which includes Western and war action with clearly contrived and unrealistic shootings, stabbings and beatings in which improvised special effects, such as fake blood, are used.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'crap', 'son of a bitch', 'balls', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'. There is also use of middle finger gestures.
sex
There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity.
discrimination
A Jewish teenager faces racism and bullying in high school where he is referred to as a "kike", taunted with a bagel hanging in his locker on which "Jew Hole" has been scrawled, and his race is accused of "killing Christ". A man talks about "Jew haters" in the circus business. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
A teenager smokes a joint and offers it to one of his peers, who declines.
rude humour
There is infrequent very mild rude humour.
theme
There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is mild threat. There are mild sex references, including suggestions of adultery. A woman dances in her nightdress in front of car headlights which show the contours of her body, but no strong nudity. There are references to mental health. There are mild upsetting scenes during family arguments and the death of a parent. There is infrequent very mild rude humour. Adult characters smoke cigarettes and cigars.
Classified Date:
30/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
27/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
26/09/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
05/06/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified date05/06/2023
LanguageEnglish
