Hillbilly Elegy

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on the book by J.D. Vance. A Yale law student (Gabriel Basso) returns home to help with his mother's (Amy Adams) addiction.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions; infrequent use of sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, some in a domestic violence context - little blood, no detail; infrequent portrayals of self-harm wounds and medical emergencies - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and illegal substance use, some in an addiction context

Thematic elements

• Poverty
• Addiction
• Family dynamics

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, substance abuse, and mature subject matter

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