Parents' Guide to Polite Society

Parents need to know that Polite Society is a British martial arts action comedy with an empowering young woman in its lead. Ria (Priya Kansara) is ambitious, with dreams of being a stuntwoman, even though her parents and teachers advise against it. She is a great role model but is flawed, breaking the law in her pursuit to save her sister, Lena (Ritu Arya), from getting married. The central characters are a British Pakistani Muslim family, with cultural and religious traditions explored, while a diverse, multicultural cast provides a true and positive reflection of London. The film is very violent, but in a distinctly cinematic and video game style. Though the violence veers from reality, there is weapon use, including guns, and characters bite and strangle one another. One character is drugged and kidnapped. A scene in a locker room sees several male bare behinds. A character is also seen filling up a condom with a liquid she is pretending to be semen, with the intention of planting them on an unsuspecting man to make it appear he has been cheating on his fiancée. The language is infrequent but strong, and includes "f--k," "s--t," and "bitch." A character appears to smoke cannabis, and there is occasional drinking but not to excess.

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