• Director(s)

    Thea Sharrock

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    100m

  • Cast

    Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Alisha Weir

Film

Wicked Little Letters

very strong language, strong sex references, controlling behaviour

A genteel coastal town of the 1920s is scandalised when residents are plagued with obscenity-filled letters in this UK comedy drama, in which crude language and sex references are accompanied by a theme of domestic abuse.…

A genteel coastal town of the 1920s is scandalised when residents are plagued with obscenity-filled letters in this UK comedy drama, in which crude language and sex references are accompanied by a theme of domestic abuse.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

sexual violence and sexual threat

rude humour

theme

  • Director(s)

    Thea Sharrock

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    100m

  • Cast

    Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Alisha Weir

very strong language, strong sex references, controlling behaviour
Classified Date:
28/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
Mild, undetailed violence, played for comic effect, includes an altercation in which a woman punches and head butts a man, and a woman is knocked out by a blow with a spade.
threat and horror
Graffiti on a woman’s front door refers to her as a 'dirty slut’, and is one of a number of threatening moves made against her.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'). There is also frequent strong language ('f**k'), often used in the sexual sense. Milder bad language includes uses of 'bitch', 'whore', 'twat', 'wanker', 'cock', 'pussy', 'slut', 'tart', 'strumpet', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'piss', 'sod', 'balls', 'tits', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
sex
The contents of a series of ‘poison pen’ letters and angry exchanges between characters include comically crude sex references alluding to oral and anal sex, intercourse and bestiality.
discrimination
A woman police officer is constantly demeaned in a sexist manner by her colleagues and a member of the public. There are also uses of homophobic language, such as “nancy boys” and "queers", which, like the sexism, are placed in the historic context of the film which challenges such attitudes.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A passing comment is made about rapists in prisons.
rude humour
Very mild rude humour includes a spirited woman baring her buttocks to police as they chase her, and fart jokes.
theme
An elderly father exerts insidious control over his adult daughter as he voices his expectations of her duty to him, and at one point this turns into physically threatening behaviour. There is a psychological effect on the woman, which includes a discreet implication that she harms herself. There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement.
alcohol and smoking
Cigarette smoking is reflective of the historical period in which the film is set, and includes smoking by a child for which she is told off by her mother.
very strong language, strong sex references, controlling behaviour
Classified Date:
31/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
Mild, undetailed violence, played for comic effect, includes an altercation in which a woman punches and head butts a man, and a woman is knocked out by a blow with a spade.
threat and horror
Graffiti on a woman’s front door refers to her as a 'dirty slut’, and is one of a number of threatening moves made against her.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'). There is also frequent strong language ('f**k'), often used in the sexual sense. Milder bad language includes uses of 'bitch', 'whore', 'twat', 'wanker', 'cock', 'pussy', 'slut', 'tart', 'strumpet', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'piss', 'sod', 'balls', 'tits', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
sex
The contents of a series of ‘poison pen’ letters and angry exchanges between characters include comically crude sex references alluding to oral and anal sex, intercourse and bestiality.
discrimination
A woman police officer is constantly demeaned in a sexist manner by her colleagues and a member of the public. There are also uses of homophobic language, such as “nancy boys” and "queers", which, like the sexism, are placed in the historic context of the film which challenges such attitudes.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A passing comment is made about rapists in prisons.
rude humour
Very mild rude humour includes a spirited woman baring her buttocks to police as they chase her, and fart jokes.
theme
An elderly father exerts insidious control over his adult daughter as he voices his expectations of her duty to him, and at one point this turns into physically threatening behaviour. There is a psychological effect on the woman, which includes a discreet implication that she harms herself. There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement.
alcohol and smoking
Cigarette smoking is reflective of the historical period in which the film is set, and includes smoking by a child for which she is told off by her mother.
Classified Date:
23/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified Date:
29/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal

  • Classified date

    31/01/2024

  • Language

    English