• Director(s)

    Hettie Macdonald

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    104m

  • Cast

    Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Earl Cave

Film

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references

A retiree impulsively decides to walk across the country to visit his terminally ill friend in this poignant drama. Occasional upsetting scenes involving grief, drug addiction and suicide are offset by the film's gentle tone.…

A retiree impulsively decides to walk across the country to visit his terminally ill friend in this poignant drama. Occasional upsetting scenes involving grief, drug addiction and suicide are offset by the film's gentle tone.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

sex

drugs

injury detail

suicide and self-harm

theme

violence

threat and horror

  • Director(s)

    Hettie Macdonald

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    104m

  • Cast

    Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Earl Cave

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
31/03/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Cuts:
This film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version for advice. The BBFC advised the company that the film would be likely to receive a 15 classification, but that in order to obtain their requested 12A rating they would need to reduce the number of uses of strong language. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the language had been made and the film was classified 12A.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), along with milder terms including 'crap', 'shit', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
There is a discreet reference to a sexual fetish.
drugs
Scenes feature brief drug misuse and references to taking pills, although drug misuse and addiction are presented in a highly aversive manner.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of mild injury detail to a man's feet.
suicide and self-harm
A man's body is discovered after he takes his own life off screen.
theme
There are upsetting scenes relating to illness and death.
additional issues
Scenes feature brief drug misuse and references to taking pills, although drug misuse and addiction are presented in a highly aversive manner. A man's body is discovered after he takes his own life. There is a discreet reference to a sexual fetish. There is also occasional sight of injury detail to a man's feet, and upsetting scenes relating to illness and death.
infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), along with milder terms including 'crap', 'shit', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
There is a discreet reference to a sexual fetish.
drugs
Scenes feature brief drug misuse and references to taking pills, although drug misuse and addiction are presented in a highly aversive manner.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of mild injury detail to a man's feet.
suicide and self-harm
A man's body is discovered after he takes his own life off screen.
theme
There are upsetting scenes relating to illness and death.
additional issues
Scenes feature brief drug misuse and references to taking pills, although drug misuse and addiction are presented in a highly aversive manner. A man's body is discovered after he takes his own life. There is a discreet reference to a sexual fetish. There is also occasional sight of injury detail to a man's feet, and upsetting scenes relating to illness and death.
Classified Date:
21/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Classified Date:
22/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd

  • Classified date

    04/09/2023

  • Language

    English