Why is “Companion” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a couple of implied sex scenes with partial nudity, an attempted sexual assault, several discussions of programming robots for sexual purposes, discussions of infidelity, deaths by gunshot as well as stabbing and beating and one death by a wine opener, many arguments and over 60 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A couple (Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid) arrive at an isolated lakefront estate to spend a weekend getaway with friends, but when their host (Rupert Friend) is murdered the truth is revealed: one of the visitors is an advanced companion robot and may seem to be becoming aware. Also with Harvey Guillén, Lukas Gage and Megan Suri. Directed by Drew Hancock. A few lines of dialogue are spoken in Russian and German with English subtitles. [Running Time: 1:37]

Companion SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A man climaxes and moans loudly before rolling over in bed and going to sleep next to a woman (we see his bare back and chest). We hear rhythmic thumping and a man moaning from behind a closed door (sex is implied). Two men kiss passionately after talking about how much they love each other. A woman and a man kiss and she offers to stay and shower with him; he declines and she leaves. A man kisses another man on the cheek tenderly.
► A man dances and invites another man to join him, then others also join the dancing and one woman cuts in when she sees her boyfriend dancing with another woman (she seems jealous). A man asks a woman to apply suntan lotion to his back and shoulders and when she does, he holds her hand and kisses her neck; she tells him to stop but he doesn’t (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details).
► A woman talks about her boyfriend having a wife, and that she is an accessory for him. A man asks a woman what she was dreaming about and asks if it was “sexy times” and if he had his shirt off. A man talks about meeting the man he loves and that when he saw him for the first time, he was the most beautiful man he had ever seen. A woman talks about how much she loves a man in a few scenes. People talk about establishing a “love link” with a robot. People talk about a robot being programmed for sex.
► A woman showers in a couple of scenes and we see her bare shoulders and back. A woman wears a low-cut shorts dress that reveals cleavage and bare legs to the mid-thighs in a few scenes. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage in a few scenes. A man wears a robe that hangs open while reclining in a lounge chair (we see his bare chest and partial legs). A woman wears a crop top that reveals her partial bare abdomen.

Companion VIOLENCE/GORE 7

 – We see a man trying to force himself on a woman, she hits him in the face with a bottle and he falls against a rock hitting his head; he lunges toward her, knocks her to the ground and tries to strangle her when she stabs him in the throat and blood pours and sprays. A man shoots at a woman as she runs away; the man and the woman tumble down a hill and struggle over the gun until he is shot in the chest (we see blood on his shirt). A woman punches a man hard in the throat causing him to gasp and fall to the floor. A woman imagines opening a door and a man inside shooting her in the head (her hair blows back with the force of the bullet and blood sprays). A woman is stabbed in the back as she tries to leave and we see blood on her shirt and later on the couch where she was sitting. Several bodies are shown in a ditch in the woods and one person’s face is missing (we see blood and gore). A woman holds a gun to her head and pulls the trigger (we see a bloody mark on her temples) and the bullet passes through her head (blue liquid splatter on the floor). A battery-operated wine opener is pressed against a man’s temple and we see blood spurt as he yells and the screw turns into his temple; he collapses and we see blood and matter on the floor.
► A man shoots another man driving away in a van (we see blood on his shirt) and the passenger runs away through the woods while being shot at; he trips over bodies in a ditch and the gunman pulls the trigger but there are no more bullets; he lifts the man into the air against a tree choking him when a woman with a taser tries to zap him but cannot; the man tasers himself in the mouth falling to the ground motionless. A woman points a gun at a man, pulls the trigger and the bullet hits the wall behind him. A man grabs a woman by the hair and throws her against a wall, into a flight of stairs across a table, slams her head against the floor several times and holds a gun to the woman’s abdomen.
► A man puts a burning candle flame under a woman’s hand and she holds it there until her hand and arm catch fire (we see charred flesh); she later pulls the burned flesh from her hand to reveal metal fingers. A woman kicks a car window out and climbs out of the vehicle as a police car pulls up and the officer gets out pointing a gun at her; another man approaches the officer, disarms him and punches him in the face repeatedly (he falls to the ground bleeding). A man’s hand is slammed in a car door and we hear a crunch as he yells.
► A woman tied into a chair, tips the chair over and retrieves a knife to cut herself loose. A woman collapses in a road and a man puts her and a dead man in the trunk of a car. A man slams a rock against a car window breaking it before it drives away and over his foot (he limps for the rest of the movie). A woman enters a room where other people are alarmed to see her covered with blood on her face, chest and hands and holding a bloody knife. A woman imagines standing on the side of a road hitchhiking while being covered with blood and realizes no one would pick her up. A woman finds a knife in her pocket and opens it. A woman is tied into a chair and panics when she realizes she cannot move. People search for a woman in the woods. An auto-drive vehicle pulls over and switches off when it says that it has been reported stolen and the kill switch was enabled. A man yells and pounds on a table.
► A man says, “My hands are not clean,” and talks about being involved in a dirty business. People talk about a man being Russian and suggest that he is involved with the Russian mob. A woman seems nervous about spending time with people and worries about saying something stupid. A voiceover talks about the day a woman killed a man. We hear that robots cannot lie and cannot cause harm to anyone. A man complains about life being rigged against him. A man talks about people using robots for torture and target practice.
► When robots are told to go to sleep their eyes turn white. A man wears a Dracula costume and we see a trickle of stage blood on his mouth and chin. A man picks up an orange from a grocery display and the rest of the oranges roll onto the floor. A man cuts his toenails.

Companion LANGUAGE 10

 – About 62 F-words, 1 obscene hand gesture, 5 sexual references, 13 scatological terms, 3 anatomical terms, 3 mild obscenities, name-calling (presumptuous, stupid, weird, mopey, lousy boyfriend, lab rats, sad, bitter weak, misogynist, Russkie, insane, cheesy, replaceable, bad guy, cute trick, robo shaming, terrible, stooges, robot, [F-word deleted] bot), exclamations (screw everything up, gross, wow, prattling on, not cool, shut the [F-word deleted] up, big fat no), 8 religious profanities (GD), 16 religious exclamations (e.g. oh God, oh my God, for Christ sakes, thank God, Holy [F-word deleted], Jesus [F-word deleted] Christ, Jesus Christ). | profanity glossary |

Companion SUBSTANCE USE

 – A woman takes a prescription pill with a swig of vodka, and we hear that a woman is asleep after being given Xanax. A woman holds and drinks from a glass of wine, a woman drinks a glass of wine, a man pours and drinks a glass of vodka, and a man says that he is drunk. A man smokes cigars in a few scenes.

Companion DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Robots, sense of purpose, perfection, emotional support bots, programs, greed, infidelity, fate, destiny, making assumptions about people.

Companion MESSAGE

 – Programmable companions are not necessarily the answer to loneliness and greed.