Parents' Guide to The Show

Parents need to know that The Show is an offbeat and surreal British mystery thriller with dark comedic elements, very strong language, sexual references, and some violence. The story, which stars Tom Burke as Fletcher Dennis, a man in search of a stolen artifact, is by British author Alan Moore (Watchmen). The movie features frequent strong language, including multiple uses of "c--t." There is also infrequent strong violence, as well as mention and brief depictions of sex acts, including autoerotic asphyxiation. This is shown to be dangerous -- a character ends up in hospital as a result -- but also without judgment as the woman involved is shown to enjoy it. Reference to both real and fictional drugs, and there is some drinking and smoking. The movie's multiple characters each have their own personality or physical quirk and are written from a point of view of inclusion and acceptance. Only in one satirical dream sequence, featuring a jury of hypocritical elderly men, is someone condemned for their tastes. The movie mixes humor with surreal and sometimes disturbing images, such as a man kissing a corpse under a sheet of plastic. The movie features multiple mentions of suicide.

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