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Mental health themes, frequent coarse language and sexual references

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Stans is a documentary film about hip-hop artist Eminem that uses the lyric "I'm just like you" from his song "Stan" as a focal point to explore the journey of his life and career, and the passionate audience that has grown with it. The film includes stylised recreations, archival footage, behind the scenes clips and interviews with both real-life 'stans' and Eminem himself.

Themes

The film contains themes relating to mental health, substance abuse and addiction, stalking and grief.

Violence

The film contains violence in the form of depictions of family violence, including clips from Eminem's 'Stan' music video, as well as a clip from the film '8 Mile' that includes a punch.

Sex

The film contains some verbal sexual references, including a statement where the word "f**k" is used in a sexual context.

Language

The film contains use of the word "f**k" and its derivates as well as "dick", "ass", "bitch", "piss", "pussy", "screwed", "shit", "slut", "balls", "damn" and "hell". The film also includes multiple middle finger gestures depicted in photos.

Drug use

The film contains verbal drug references to marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy (MDMA) and psilocybin mushrooms.

Nudity

The film contains brief buttock nudity.

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Classification date

21 July 2025

Year of production

2025

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Mental health themes, frequent coarse language and sexual references

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