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The Worst Person in the World | 2021 | R | – 8.3.5
Why is “The Worst Person in the World” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and some language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes several sex scenes and implied sex scenes with male and female nudity, non-sexual female nudity, several kissing scenes, discussions of starting families, many arguments, several relationship break-ups, discussion of terminal illness, some drug use, and 7 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.
We follow several chapters in the life of a woman (Renate Reinsve) trying to figure out who she is and how love will play into each stage. Also with Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Herbert Nordrum, Mia McGovern Zaini and Hans Olav Brenner. Directed by Joachim Trier. In Norwegian with English subtitles. [Running Time: 2:07]
The Worst Person in the World SEX/NUDITY 8
– After a woman breaks up with a man, they kiss passionately on a sofa, they move to the floor where the man removes the woman’s shorts and underwear (we see her bare legs, hip and the side of her buttock) and performs oral sex on her; the man stands up later and we see him without pants (his genitals and bare legs are shown). A man and a woman kiss passionately and remove each other’s clothing (we see his bare chest and abdomen); he thrusts on top of her (we see pubic hair, bare buttocks and bare breasts).
► A woman pulls down a man’s pants in bed, and bites and slaps his bare buttocks (we see his bare buttocks). A man and a woman sit in bed (sex is implied) and we see the woman’s bare breasts and the man’s bare shoulders, chest and legs. A man and a woman sleep in bed together (we see their bare shoulders and sex is implied). A man and a woman kiss tenderly (seem to be making up after an argument). A young woman photographs a young man and they kiss passionately. Photos are shown of a man and a woman in bed (their bare shoulders are seen and sex is implied). Time stops and a woman leaves her partner in their apartment to find another man and they spend the day together, kissing, holding hands and walking through a city. A man tells a woman that they have to stop seeing each other and talks about their age difference being a problem; she leaves, but rushes back and they kiss and she moves in with him in the next scene. A man and a woman flirt at a wedding reception and talk about not wanting to cheat and what cheating would entail; they stand close to each other, they each sniff each other’s armpits (he is clothed and she wears a low-cut dress), and they sit clothed on a bed (we see her bare legs and the strap of her dress slips off her shoulder).
► A man and woman lie in bed and we see their bare shoulders and her cleavage. A man and a woman are paused in a kiss and another woman walks by and moves the woman’s’ hand to the man’s clothed hip. Men and women dance at a party and a man and a woman kiss. A bride and groom dance and kiss at their reception. A man and a woman hug while lying in bed together.
► A young woman breaks up with a young man and they part. People discuss whether men have a limited number of sperm and that they are lost when they masturbate. A man and a woman lie clothed in a hospital bed and he touches her clothed breast until she moves his hand back to her waist. A woman describes preferring a man’s flaccid penis at the start of sex so that she can be responsible for his erection (she talks about this and writes about it a few times). A woman writes about a man thrusting into a woman’s mouth during sex. A man says that an article is like intellectual Viagra. A woman takes a pregnancy test (we see the result).
► A man urinates in a toilet and a woman stands next to him watching (we hear the trickle and see no flesh); the woman pulls down her underwear and sits on the toilet to urinate (we see her bare legs to the thighs) and the man watches her (we hear a trickle and flatulence).
► A woman is shown fully nude (we see her bare breasts, legs hips and abdomen) during a hallucination where she removes a soiled tampon and throws it in her father’s face (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). During a hallucination, a woman imagines her fully nude body aged and we see her bare breasts, abdomen and buttocks as several people’s hands touch her; she also imagines an infant nursing from her breast. A woman lifts her shirt to show her bare breasts to a man (we see her bare breasts); he’s working and looks at her but is not distracted. A woman looks at another woman’s Instagram photos and we see her striking suggestive poses that reveal her partially bare buttocks, cleavage, abdomen, back and legs. A woman wears a low-cut cocktail dress that reveals cleavage and her bare back. A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage. Several comic book drawings are shown and we see a star shaped mark on under an animal’s tail that is referred to as a starfish in several scenes. Men and women wear swimsuits in a swimming scene and we see cleavage, bare abdomens, backs and legs to the hips on women and bare chests, abdomens, backs and legs on men. A woman wears a sports bra and a skirt that reveal her cleavage and bare abdomen.
The Worst Person in the World VIOLENCE/GORE 3
– A woman performs a surgical procedure for a med school class and we see the scalpel moving through the flesh of a cadaver with no blood evident. A man and woman dance at a party and when the man lifts the woman in the air, she smashes into a ceiling lamp (we see blood on her head, but she is OK later).
► A woman breaks up with a man and they argue about it (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details). A man and a woman argue bitterly and another man and a woman hear them in the next room. Two women and a man argue about the content of his comic books being inappropriate and the humor is at the expense of women; they refer to subjects like rape and incest and he argues freedom of speech and that the argument is generational and the woman tells him it is his male privilege that makes him feel like he can write and draw whatever he wants. A man and a woman argue about having children in several scenes. A young woman talks about not being motivated by medical school and surgery but rather the soul and psychology. A young child screams and runs around a party when she is told it’s time for bed; the child’s mother chases her and yells at her before picking her up and carrying her out of the party. A woman stealthily enters a wedding reception and helps herself to alcohol while mingling with the guests. A woman argues with another woman when she says the cuddling with your children will lead them to drug addiction. While going through a woman’s family tree, she outlines the number of children each generation had and mentions that two children from one family died from tuberculosis and that at a certain point the life expectancy was 35. A man and woman argue and she says, “I want more,” he replies that that is hurtful and leaves. A man breaks up with a woman in a movie scene and he storms out of a restaurant leaving her to hyperventilate and cry.
► Several people take mushrooms and we see some people experiencing hallucinations; one woman says that they taste like dirt, a man hugs a wall and seems unable to speak, and a woman sees the floor moving like it is an ocean, then she sees her father sitting in a chair and she sits in front of him (she is fully nude), and removes a soiled tampon and flings it in his face (we see blood splatter on his face and she wipes blood on her cheeks with her finger). During a hallucination, a woman imagines a cartoon cat eating an infant in a hot dog bun with ketchup on it. While flirting, a man and a woman each bite each other on the arm.
► We see video footage of weather extremes and its impact on the environment including glaciers melting and crumbling, and a seal lies dying. A woman wakes up in a tent and sees a reindeer outside, which she pets. A remark is made about unsolvable global problems. A young woman remarks about fellow students in a psychology course suffering from eating disorders. A man complains about back pain and later says he was afraid that he had prostate cancer (he did not). A man talks about his partner carrying the “sum of western guilt” about the environment. We hear that a man is suffering from pancreatic cancer and that it is incurable. A woman is not sure whether she wants to have a child.
► Several comic book drawings are shown and we see a star shaped mark on under an animal’s tail that is referred to as a starfish in several scenes. A man remarks about “puke.” A man and a woman each urinate and we hear trickles and flatulence (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details). A woman swabs the inside of her cheeks for a DNA test. After ingesting a drug during a ritual a woman vomits (we see goo). A woman vomits next to a tree and we see goo. A woman takes a pregnancy test (we see the result). A woman showers and we see blood trickle down her leg (it is implied to be menstrual blood).
The Worst Person in the World LANGUAGE 5
– About 7 F-words, 12 sexual references, 4 scatological terms, 5 anatomical terms, 8 mild obscenities, name-calling (idiots, shy, boring people, intense, flawed, ridiculous, ugly, butchered, flaky, stupid, futile, morbid humor, old fart, whore, sex worker, crass, inappropriate, murky, fool, in crisis, weaker, pathetic), exclamations (stop, jeez, oops, sorry, relax, calm down, shut-up, that’s not nice, yuck, sucks, wow, oh right, sick to death of it), 4 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Holy [scatological term deleted]). | profanity glossary |
The Worst Person in the World SUBSTANCE USE
– Several people take mushrooms and we see some people experiencing hallucinations (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details), a man talks about being on painkillers and that he cannot drive while taking them, and people ingest a drug during a ritual. A woman drinks a glass of wine, people drink a lot of wine at a party at a home, two glasses of wine are shown on a table in a movie scene, and a man talks about the “local drunk.” A woman smokes a cigarette outside a reception in a couple of scenes, a woman smokes a cigarette and blows smoke into a man’s mouth, a woman smokes in several additional scenes, and several people smoke cigarettes outside a wedding reception.
The Worst Person in the World DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Life changes, eating disorders, Freud, taboos, sexism, infidelity, regret, fear of being alone, fear of death, estranged families, temptation, therapy vs. research, Me Too, terminal illness, seeing things through, doubt, abortion, indigenous people (Sámi), male privilege.
The Worst Person in the World MESSAGE
– It is sometimes hard to know what you really want out of life. Everything comes to an end.
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