• Director(s)

    Darren Aronofsky

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    117m

  • Cast

    Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins

Film

The Whale

strong language, sex, drug misuse

THE WHALE is a US drama in which an unhealthy man tries desperately to reconnect with his estranged daughter.…

THE WHALE is a US drama in which an unhealthy man tries desperately to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

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language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'asshole', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'Christ', 'Jesus').
sex
A man is seen watching porn, in which a man thrusts into another from behind against a wall. It is implied the man is masturbating as he watches. There are moderate sex references.
drugs
Characters are seen smoking a pipe containing marijuana. A girl uses medication to knock a man out, and briefly threatens to use pills to end his life.
additional issues
A man is seen struggling with an eating disorder, which causes him to binge eat unhealthy food. There is use of discriminative terms including 'dyke', 'retard' and 'faggot', and references to various characters' homophobic attitudes. Negative reactions to a man's weight are presented by different individuals. Such discriminatory behaviour is clearly disapproved of by the film as a whole. It is strongly implied that a man has taken his own life, and there are allusions to another character's possibly suicidal intentions. A character makes undetailed references to sexual violence. There are scenes of emotional upset, in which a person is seen struggling with life threatening health issues. There are brief sequences of mild threat.

  • Director(s)

    Darren Aronofsky

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    117m

  • Cast

    Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins

strong language, sex, drug misuse
Classified Date:
23/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
A24 Films
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'asshole', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'Christ', 'Jesus').
sex
A man is seen watching porn, in which a man thrusts into another from behind against a wall. It is implied the man is masturbating as he watches. There are moderate sex references.
discrimination
There is use of discriminative terms including 'dyke', 'retard' and 'faggot', and references to various characters' homophobic attitudes. Negative reactions to a man's weight are presented by different individuals. Such discriminatory behaviour is clearly disapproved of by the film as a whole.
drugs
Characters are seen smoking a pipe containing marijuana. A girl uses medication to knock a man out, and briefly threatens to use pills to end his life.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character makes undetailed references to sexual violence.
suicide and self-harm
A man is seen struggling with an eating disorder, which causes him to binge eat unhealthy food.
suicide and self-harm
It is strongly implied that a man has taken his own life, and there are allusions to another character's possibly suicidal intentions.
theme
There are scenes of emotional upset, in which a person is seen struggling with life threatening health issues.
additional issues
A man is seen struggling with an eating disorder, which causes him to binge eat unhealthy food. There is use of discriminative terms including 'dyke', 'retard' and 'faggot', and references to various characters' homophobic attitudes. Negative reactions to a man's weight are presented by different individuals. Such discriminatory behaviour is clearly disapproved of by the film as a whole. It is strongly implied that a man has taken his own life, and there are allusions to another character's possibly suicidal intentions. A character makes undetailed references to sexual violence. There are scenes of emotional upset, in which a person is seen struggling with life threatening health issues. There are brief sequences of mild threat.
strong language, sex, drug misuse
Classified Date:
06/03/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
A24 Films
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'bullshit', 'shit', 'asshole', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'Christ', 'Jesus').
sex
A man is seen watching porn, in which a man thrusts into another from behind against a wall. It is implied the man is masturbating as he watches. There are moderate sex references.
drugs
Characters are seen smoking a pipe containing marijuana. A girl uses medication to knock a man out, and briefly threatens to use pills to end his life.
additional issues
A man is seen struggling with an eating disorder, which causes him to binge eat unhealthy food. There is use of discriminative terms including 'dyke', 'retard' and 'faggot', and references to various characters' homophobic attitudes. Negative reactions to a man's weight are presented by different individuals. Such discriminatory behaviour is clearly disapproved of by the film as a whole. It is strongly implied that a man has taken his own life, and there are allusions to another character's possibly suicidal intentions. A character makes undetailed references to sexual violence. There are scenes of emotional upset, in which a person is seen struggling with life threatening health issues. There are brief sequences of mild threat.
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
A24 Films
Classified Date:
18/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
A24 Films

  • Classified date

    06/03/2023

  • Language

    English