Joker: Folie à Deux

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Joker: Folie à Deux is a U.S. psychological drama film with musical elements that follows Arthur Fleck, whose alter ego is the Joker, as he meets the love of his life in a psychiatric institution and goes on trial for multiple murders.

Themes

The film contains themes relating to mental health, murder, deceit and relationships. There are references to suicide and brief references to child abuse, including sexual abuse. Other thematic content includes depictions of fires and explosions, as well as blood detail.

Violence

The film contains violence involving guns, stabbing and bashing with improvised weapons, resulting in blood detail and implicit injury and death. There is also biting, slapping, shoving and beating, a cartoon sequence of various violent acts, and numerous verbal references to violence.

Sex

The film contains a scene in which a couple implicitly have sex against a wall.

Language

The film contains use of the words, “fuck”, “shit”, “ass”, “damn”, “hell” and “balls”. There are also depictions of characters gesturing with middle fingers.

Nudity

The film contains a discreet depiction of cartoon buttock nudity.

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Classification date

13 September 2024

Year of production

2024

Classification

MA 15+

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Joker: Folie à Deux

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