Tony (2026)

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Synopsis

Dir: Matt Johnson. Biography/Drama. In the mid 1970s, after lying about receiving a grant to write a book, a young Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) travels to a seaside town and finds work in a small seafood restaurant.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs; infrequent use of sexual language and references - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - little blood or detail
• Infrequent references to suicide - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast nudity, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and illegal substance use in a recreational context - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions

Thematic elements

• Mentorship
• Finding purpose
• Truth and honesty

Classification rationale

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

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