Flashdance (1983) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: R BBFC: 15 Maturity Rating 16+

BBFC Ratings info: The film contains sex scenes; however, there is no strong detail.

Sex & Nudity

moderate

The camera is usually focused on a woman's buttocks while dancing and running. During an emotional scene, a woman allows a man to cup one of her breasts with his hand. The film's antagonist gropes a woman's buttocks and brags to his friend about its quality. The woman then pours beer onto his lap. Mild verbal references to people's sex lives. During a scene in a fancy restaurant, a woman eats food seductively with her fingers and rubs a man's crotch with her foot from under the table. In a strip club, one or two close-up shots of men putting dollar notes in women's thongs while they're dancing. A sequence of naked women dancing in a bar. There is breast nudity and a woman's bare buttocks are briefly slapped.

Violence & Gore

mild

Two antagonists grab a young man and woman, when he tries to protect her, he is punched in the face; we learn later that his nose is broken An antagonist grabs a young woman, she throws him onto a table.

Profanity

moderate

6 uses of 'fuck' and 'shit', and 1 of 'cunt' (by an antagonist) and 'son of a bitch'.multiple uses of GD.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

mild

Some cigarette smoking. No drug use. Some scenes take place in a bar, but no one appears drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

none

None. Alex's mentor, a retired ballerina, passes away off-screen.