Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Parents Guide
Overview of Content Ratings:
- MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and grisly images, sexual content, nudity, language throughout, and drug use.
Sex & Nudity:
- Moderate to Severe: The film contains several strong sex scenes between two women that include explicit depictions of masturbation, oral sex, and fetishistic acts. Breasts and buttocks are shown in various scenes.
- A woman licks another woman’s breasts during a sexual encounter.
- There is a heterosexual sex scene depicted without nudity.
- Explicit scenes include a woman performing cunnilingus on another woman with no lower body nudity visible.
- Other instances of nudity involve a fully nude woman answering a phone, revealing her back, buttocks, and legs.
Violence & Gore:
- Severe: The film features graphic violence with bloody detail. Examples include:
- A blindfolded man being shot in the forehead with a visible bloody hole in his blindfold.
- A character breaking another’s arms with audible bone-crunching sounds.
- Depictions of brutal fistfights and characters being pistol-whipped.
- Close-up shots of grotesque injuries and disfigurements.
Profanity:
- Severe: The film includes frequent uses of strong language such as “fuck” and “cunt.”
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
- Moderate: There are scenes depicting drug use, including close-ups of needles piercing skin. A character is shown taking steroids, while another smokes cigarettes.
Frightening & Intense Scenes:
- Moderate: The film contains intense moments that may be frightening to some viewers.
Parents should be aware that “Love Lies Bleeding” contains explicit sexual content, extreme violence, strong language, and drug use. It is recommended for mature audiences only.
