God's Own Country

Parents need to know that God's Own Country is a beautiful and poignant British drama about the power of love between two men, and contains graphic sex scenes, drinking, and language. Johnny (Josh O'Connor), a young farmer in the English countryside, begins a sexual relationship with Gheorghe (Alec Secareanu), a Romanian migrant worker hired to help on the farm. There is some instances of fighting, and the sex is also aggressive at times. Due to being confined to secrecy, their sexual encounters often take place in sordid areas like public restrooms. There is full-frontal male nudity, and in one scene, graphic oral sex is depicted. Johnny struggles with alcohol abuse and depression. He is seen being sick after a heavy night's drinking and is also shown unable to get out of a taxi cab as a result of being too drunk. He also chain smokes. There's very frequent bad language, as well as hate language toward minorities. This includes "f--k," "paki," and "gypsy." Johnny and Gheorghe also call each other "f--got," though it's seemingly used in an ironic, affectionate manner. With much of the movie set on a farm, expect graphic scenes involving the birth and death of animals, including the skinning of a lamb. Although the movie has a number of heavy adult themes, this is a hopeful, inspirational, and progressive tale about two young men, from different backgrounds, having their lives enriched by one another. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.