Clickbait

Parents need to know that Clickbait is a dark drama about a man whose violent kidnapping and a series of subsequent online videos threatening his death reveal a secret life to his family. A death occurs suddenly off-screen and we see tension and grief of the victim's loved ones. Intimate partner violence plays a part in the plot and we see a woman hit by her male partner. Characters drink, and one takes unnamed white pills, particularly after fraught moments. Two characters share a joint in public (in California, where marijuana use is legal). Sexual content includes an extramarital affair, kissing, references to off-screen sex, and several scenes related to adult videos, including one in which we see a character's ecstatic face as she masturbates to images we can't see (we hear moans from her laptop), and one in which we see the titles of a character's recent video consumption, which includes vulgar words for sex and body parts. Cursing includes "s--t" and "f--k." In terms of diverse representations, a central character is Black and several characters are biracial, but this goes mostly unmentioned in service of the plot. Women have strong and central roles. Messages about the dangers of revealing too much online are sometimes ponderous, but also thoughtful and well-intentioned.