• Director(s)

    Barnaby Thompson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    Noël Coward

Film

Mad About The Boy - The Noël Coward Story

moderate sex references, rude gestures, discrimination

The life and career of the British actor, playwright, screenwriter and songwriter is explored in this insightful documentary, which contains references to historical homophobic attitudes and moderate sex references.…

The life and career of the British actor, playwright, screenwriter and songwriter is explored in this insightful documentary, which contains references to historical homophobic attitudes and moderate sex references.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

theme

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Barnaby Thompson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    Noël Coward

references to discrimination
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
discrimination
There are undetailed verbal references to the dated discriminatory attitudes experienced by homosexual people throughout Noel Coward's lifetime, along with the playwright's attempts to conceal his own sexuality.
additional issues
There are brief, undetailed references to a particular Noel Coward production being 'sexy'.
moderate sex references, rude gestures, discrimination
Classified Date:
09/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
threat and horror
There is very mild threat in a scene from a film in which sailors are forced to jump into the sea after their ship is damaged in a WWII naval battle. There is also brief footage of destroyed buildings during the bombing of London in WWII.
language
Brief home movie footage shows people flicking V-signs at the camera. There are also uses of mild and very mild bad language ('arse', 'hell' and 'damn').
sex
There is a reference to a man being arrested for "cottaging". There are also mild sex references.
discrimination
There are references to historical oppressive laws and the social marginalisation experienced by homosexual men which compelled the likes of Coward to keep their sexuality hidden. There is also racial stereotyping, in a historical context, in a comment about an image of Coward with his eyes almost closed making him look like a "doped Chinese illusionist". Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
A character in a stage play is described as being a drug addict.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Coward makes a discreet and passing reference to being molested as a child.
theme
There are references to mental health, including a passing comment about people driven by circumstance to take their own lives. There are references to the deaths of family members and close friends.
alcohol and smoking
There are frequent images of cigarette smoking which reflect the times in which the events covered by the documentary took place.
moderate sex references, rude gestures, discrimination
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
threat and horror
There is very mild threat in a scene from a film in which sailors are forced to jump into the sea after their ship is damaged in a WWII naval battle. There is also brief footage of destroyed buildings during the bombing of London in WWII.
language
Brief home movie footage shows people flicking V-signs at the camera. There are also uses of mild and very mild bad language ('arse', 'hell' and 'damn').
sex
There is a reference to a man being arrested for "cottaging". There are also mild sex references.
discrimination
There are references to historical oppressive laws and the social marginalisation experienced by homosexual men which compelled the likes of Coward to keep their sexuality hidden. There is also racial stereotyping, in a historical context, in a comment about an image of Coward with his eyes almost closed making him look like a "doped Chinese illusionist". Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
A character in a stage play is described as being a drug addict.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Coward makes a discreet and passing reference to being molested as a child.
theme
There are references to mental health, including a passing comment about people driven by circumstance to take their own lives. There are references to the deaths of family members and close friends.
alcohol and smoking
There are frequent images of cigarette smoking which reflect the times in which the events covered by the documentary took place.
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution
Classified Date:
10/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution

  • Classified date

    26/05/2023

  • Language

    English