Motherless Brooklyn

Synopsis

Crime/Drama. Based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem. In 1950s New York, a private detective (Edward Norton) with Tourette syndrome investigates the murder of his boss (Bruce Willis).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some is a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual and ethno-cultural slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapon, and hand-to-hand violence - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and illegal drug use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Uncovering the truth
• Power and greed
• Corruption

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, violence, and substance use

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