Official Competition

Main characters are Spanish and Argentinean, and the film is shot in Spanish. A strong woman with agency is at the center (though she doesn't always use her strength for the right reasons). Incidental LGBTQ+ representation (two women enter a relationship).

Detailed description of a drunk-driving car accident. Two people practice martial arts moves. A person's face is accidentally cut by someone else throwing a chair; it bleeds minimally. A character reveals a cancer diagnosis. A character falls from a height and is seriously injured.

A main character seems to be dating or sleeping with or kissing or flirting with someone new every day. In one scene, he's sitting in bed with a woman who's naked, her breasts visible. In a film rehearsal, two men and a woman all kiss an actress passionately. A man mentions potentially getting an erection. In a book, there's a glimpse of female body parts. A story involves a sex worker. A man makes a joke about all his kids being made with the same "one" (pointing to his penis). One character appears to have spent the night with another and does a sexy dance in her underwear. Talk of men comparing "d--k" size.

Frequent use of "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "ass kisser," "goddamn," "hell," "bitch," "d--k," "crap," "bastard," "p---y," "wanker," "whore," "turd," "pr--k," "idiot," "jerk," "fathead," "jeez." Reviewed in the original Spanish with English subtitles.

Adults drink and smoke in multiple scenes. An actor plays a drunk man who has caused a car accident.

Parents need to know that the Spanish-language film industry satire Official Competition (Competencia Oficial) tackles mature themes and has some violence and lots of language. The film's dark humor and characters' self-centered motivations could fly over younger viewers' heads, as could the subject matter of the film within a film: adult sibling rivalry, imprisonment for drunk driving, and two brothers in love with the same woman. There's passionate kissing, partial nudity (bare breasts, underwear), and sexual and anatomical references. A man reveals a dire medical diagnosis, and another falls from a height and appears dead. Characters drink and smoke cigarettes. Swearing is prevalent, and in one scene two men hurl escalating insults at each other as part of an acting "exercise." Language (in English subtitles for this review) includes "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "goddamn," "bitch," "d--k," "p---y," and more. Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, and Oscar Martínez star.

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