Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Search for a film

Synopsis

Dir: Mike Figgis. Drama. An alcoholic screenwriter (Nicolas Cage) moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, and forms a complicated friendship with a sex worker (Elisabeth Shue).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in aggressive or sexual contexts; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, scatological slang, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence, including sexual violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent detailed portrayals of sexual activity and sexually suggestive scenes - some breast and buttock nudity, some detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Pervasive portrayals of alcohol use in an addiction context; infrequent portrayals of smoking and illegal substance use - some detail

Thematic elements

• Depression and mental health
• Unlikely friendships
• Loneliness and desperation

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content and sexual violence

Classification date