Tuesday 24 April 2012

'Reflecting Absence' Rating

I have decided to classify 'Reflecting Absence' as a PG13 rating film. I feel that some audiences below the age of 13 may find the events of 9/11 disturbing as there are scenes of the planes colliding into the World Trade Centre and the towers collapsing. There is moderate language used in the film for example 'Pissed' and 'Shit' but these words and similar words are used infrequently and are used to express emotion rather than directed towards a person.
Bellow are the following reasons for chosing this classification:


  • There is parcial nudity but this is for a few minutes of the film and is then not seen again. Any sexual references or contexts are brief and discreet.

  • There are no crude references in the film, and there one scene in which the two protagonists engage in sexual activity but this is brief and discreet, it is used to portray their love and connection for one another rather than glamourising it. There is no sexual references in the film.

  • The theme of the film is mature but as it is not the main focus, the film does not go heavily into the details of 9/11 or show anybody physically dying, this is only presumed by watching the planes crash into the World Trade Centre and the towers collapsing, the audience do not witness anybody trapped or in physical pain.

  • Once again the violence of the attacks on the World Trade Centre are used to set the plot of the film rather than being constant theme of the film. The film does not dwell on heavy detail of 9/11, the audience will see a man with a bomb attached to him this is to set the scene leading up to the plane crashing into the World Trade Centre. There is no emphasis on injuries or blood but there are scenes which imply this (i.e. news reports). There is no sexual violence in the film.

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