Plague, The (2025)

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Synopsis

Dir: Charlie Polinger. Drama/Thriller. An awkward 12-year-old (Everett Blunck) navigates the social hierarchy at his water polo summer camp, pulled between the bullies (Kayo Martin, Caden Burris, Elliott Heffernan, Kolton Lee, Lennox Espy) and a young outcast (Kenny Rasmussen) who is the target of their bullying.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - no blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of self-harm - blood and some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes - no nuidty or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and cannabis use involving adolescents in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Identity and belonging
• Navigating adolescence
• Bullying and peer pressure

Classification rationale

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

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