Joker (2019)

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on characters from DC. After losing his job as a party clown, an aspiring stand up comedian (Joaquin Phoenix) discovers he has a proclivity for violence.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and developmental slurs
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-to-hand violence, some in a self-harm context – blood and some detail
• Brief breast nudity in a non-sexual, pictorial context
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of prescription drug use – little detail

Thematic elements

• Isolation and alienation
• Living with trauma
• Aberrant psychology

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

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