Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Synopsis

Dir: Guillermo Del Toro. Drama/Thriller. Based on the novel by William Lindsey Gresham. A down-on-his-luck carny (Bradley Cooper) becomes a successful mentalist who swindles the wealthy.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, vehicular, and gun violence - blood and some gory detail; portrayal of a suicide - no detail; portrayal of violence against animals - blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, little detail
• Brief male frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent references to illegal substance use

Thematic elements

• Power and control
• Greed
• Hubris

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence

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