Royal Hotel, The (2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Kitty Green. Thriller. While working in a remote Australian mining town bar, two young American women (Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick) become the target of harassment by many of the local men.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions, many in an aggressive context
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent breast nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Isolation
• Survival
• Navigating misogyny

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, sexual content, and substance use

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