Creation Stories

Playground scuffle shown in background. Parent strikes their child, dropping them to the floor. Character shows off a holstered gun. Reference to someone getting "half-kicked to death." Reference to "kiddie fiddling." A parent dies from cancer.

Character wrongly accused of masturbating. Simulated sex during a dream sequence. Non-explicit sex scene between two characters in a bathroom. Character references being friends with a "porn producer." Reference to pimps and sexually transmitted diseases such as "the clap."

Language used in conversation and lyrics includes "junkies," "whores," "c--t," "tool," "bitches," "s--t," "s--te," "f--k," "f--king," "f--ker," "bastards," "s--thole," "bloody," "tosser," "bollocks," and "a--holes." A character is described as a "witch" in a derogatory fashion. Heroin users are referred to as "skagheads" and "smackheads."

Multiple references to and depictions of drug use. Characters buy and snort cocaine, smoke crack, drink to excess. References to drug dealers. Characters are seen injecting heroin -- one loses a kidney to drug use. Characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol at concerts and in pubs. People are shown drunk at parties. Character drinks alcohol while driving. Montage simulates effects of mind-altering hallucinogenic drugs. Characters bond while on Ecstasy. References to taking speed, acid, other drugs. Character becomes dependent on drugs, requires rehabilitation.

Parents need to know that Creation Stories is a British music biopic about Alan McGee (Ewen Bremner), the founder of Creation Records, and includes plenty of strong language and frequent drug use. The movie is comedic in tone, and generally the story is upbeat. But it does touch on serious subjects such as the domestic violence McGee suffered at the hands of his father and the death of his mother from cancer. Drug use is also prevalent -- as is smoking and drinking. Characters are seen snorting cocaine, injecting heroin, smoking crack, and more. This leads to characters entering rehab, but it's also celebrated as part of a rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Swearing features heavily and throughout, including multiple variants of "f--k," "c--t," and "bitches." Initially McGee strives for wealth and fame, but he becomes increasingly ambiguous toward it, as well as distrustful of establishment figures such as politicians. There is some non-explicit depiction of sex and a scene in which someone is wrongly accused of masturbating. Fans of British bands from the '90s, such as Oasis and My Bloody Valentine, will get a particular thrill from this music biopic.

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