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- Sex & Nudity (1)
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- Spoilers (8)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- There are subtle references to fornication and adultery, but none of this is condoned. No actual sex or nudity in this film at all.
Violence & Gore
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- Infrequent but very strong and bloody violence, most of which occurs near the end of the film (most of which is described in the "spoilers" section below)
- Slaughtered animal carcasses are visible
- A man cuts his own arm with a knife in order to falsely accuse another man of attacking him. Very bloody, though brief.
- King Lear on multiple occasions goes into violent rages and wishes death upon his children. At one moment, he viciously throws a horseshoe at his daughter, just barely missing her.
- A man is seen coming out of a tent soaked in blood
- A man and woman get into a violent brawl and hit each other.
- The ending is a dark and disturbing scene with a great deal of grisly violence
- There is a brutal scene of interrogation, torture, and mutilation (described below). This is by far the most violent and gory scene in the film.
Profanity
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- There is no actual profanity at all.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- None, other than mild alcohol consumption by adults
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The entire film is extremely disturbing and intense. Lear's angry and violent outbursts are very realistic and frightening.
- The end is very violent and bloody in its depiction.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- Cornwall gouges Gloucester's eyes out. This is a shockingly bloody and disturbing scene. This is an extremely graphic scene, and it goes on for several minutes.
- During the same scene, a servant tries to stop Cornwall from blinding Gloucester. They begin violently punching one another, and the servant stabs Cornwall with a knife, mortally wounding him. Regan then shoots the servant in the back with a gun, causing blood to spray everywhere.
- The ending scene is very graphic. After a very violent battle is depicted with the use of modern artillery, a series of brawls results in the death of nearly every character in the film.
- Edgar kills Edmund in a bloody fistfight. The scene is very violent, grisly, and intense, and it goes on for over a minute.
- Goneril murders her sister by poisoning her. She then commits suicide offscreen.
- At the very end, Cordelia is executed and is brought in in a body bag. Lear dies of grief and anguish as a result. Very violent and disturbing, though more or less consistent with the play.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The scene where Cornwall takes out Gloucester's eyes extremely graphic and intense. Gloucester screams in pain and begs for mercy while he is tortured and mutilated.
- The ending is very violent and sad, resulting the death of almost all of the characters. Very dark, bloody, and disturbing.
