• Director(s)

    Steve Buscemi

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    96m

  • Cast

    Tessa Thompson, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho, Blu del Barrio

Film

The Listener

strong language, sexual violence references, suicide references

THE LISTENER is a US drama film in which a helpline volunteer spends a night counselling strangers in need.…

THE LISTENER is a US drama film in which a helpline volunteer spends a night counselling strangers in need.

language
The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bitch', 'slut', 'shit', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man breathes heavily down the phone to a woman; there are also verbal references to men masturbating whilst on the phone to her. In one scene a man confesses to 'deep faking' a teenage girl's face onto a woman in a pornographic film, resulting in her having to move schools. There are also verbal references to child sexual abuse.
suicide and self-harm
A woman expresses her suicidal thoughts on a phone call to a helpline volunteer.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to domestic abuse when a young woman speaks about her violent partner on a helpline. A former marine recalls his experiences of killing soldiers and the emotional impact it had on him. A cop refers to his colleague as being racist and says that he has heard him use 'the N word'. He also speaks about more systemic racism within the police force. Verbal references are made to drug and alcohol addiction.

  • Director(s)

    Steve Buscemi

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    96m

  • Cast

    Tessa Thompson, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho, Blu del Barrio

strong language, sexual violence references, suicide references
Classified Date:
04/04/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Vertical Entertainment
language
The film features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bitch', 'slut', 'shit', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man breathes heavily down the phone to a woman; there are also verbal references to men masturbating whilst on the phone to her. In one scene a man confesses to 'deep faking' a teenage girl's face onto a woman in a pornographic film, resulting in her having to move schools. There are also verbal references to child sexual abuse.
suicide and self-harm
A woman expresses her suicidal thoughts on a phone call to a helpline volunteer.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to domestic abuse when a young woman speaks about her violent partner on a helpline. A former marine recalls his experiences of killing soldiers and the emotional impact it had on him. A cop refers to his colleague as being racist and says that he has heard him use 'the N word'. He also speaks about more systemic racism within the police force. Verbal references are made to drug and alcohol addiction.

  • Classified date

    04/04/2024

  • Language

    English