Kinky Boots

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Synopsis

Comedy/Drama. Desperate to save the failing business inherited from his father, a shoe factory owner (Joel Edgerton) recruits the design talents of a drag queen (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to help target a new shoe market.

Content elements

• One use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of profanity and vulgar expressions
• Portrayal of hand-to-hand violence—no blood

Thematic elements

• Perspectives on gender, sexuality and identity
• Seeing beyond surface appearances
• The difficulties of conforming to parental expectations
• The value of craftsmanship

Classification rationale

Rated PG for infrequent coarse language.

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