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Eyes Wide Shut is an adult drama about marriage, jealousy, and hidden sexual worlds. Nudity and group-sex scenes are prolonged, sexual talk is blunt, and a girl is put in a sexual situation by her father. Drug use, an overdose, a body in a morgue, and frequent f-words add to the mature content. We put it at R 18+ and up.
Uplifting themes
The couple finally try to tell each other the truth after a night of lies and hunger. Honesty in a marriage is offered as the only way back. That idea arrives late, after a lot of damage The doctor is curious, selfish, and often blind to the harm around him, even when he tries to help. His wife is more honest, and still trapped in the same mess. Nobody here is a guide for a young person
Story (may spoil tone)
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
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Violence Threats of killing fly in a costume-shop argument, and a woman is later…
Threats of killing fly in a costume-shop argument, and a woman is later seen dead in a morgue. A man is clearly in danger after crashing a private gathering. The film is tense more than it is a fight movie
Language The f-word runs through a long marital argument and keeps returning in…
The f-word runs through a long marital argument and keeps returning in later talk about sex and fear. The s-word, hell, and the a-word sit in the same arguments. The swearing is sexual and angry, not comic
Sex / nudity Full nudity and group sex occupy a long masked gathering. Sexual fantas…
Full nudity and group sex occupy a long masked gathering. Sexual fantasies, paid sex, and intimate arguments are discussed frankly throughout. This is sustained adult sexual content
Drugs / alcohol A woman overdoses after using heroin mixed with cocaine, and another de…
A woman overdoses after using heroin mixed with cocaine, and another death is described as an overdose. Alcohol is also present at parties and bars. Hard drugs are tied to serious harm
Frightening Night streets, masks, and the sense of being followed build a slow drea…
Night streets, masks, and the sense of being followed build a slow dread that never quite lets go. A nightmare about other men is described in raw detail. The last act also uses a corpse and quiet threats to keep you uneasy
Sexual violence The private gathering suggests coercion and forced undressing. In a cos…
The private gathering suggests coercion and forced undressing. In a costume shop, a father appears willing to exchange access to his young daughter for money. The sexual exploitation is deeply disturbing
Child peril / abuse A girl is found with two older men in a costume shop, and her father tr…
A girl is found with two older men in a costume shop, and her father treats access to her as something he can sell. She is shown in that situation, not merely mentioned
Gore / death / weapons A body is shown in a morgue, pale and still, after talk of an overdose.…
A body is shown in a morgue, pale and still, after talk of an overdose. There is no splatter or weapshowncase. The shock is the fact of the corpse, not injury detail
Mental health Jealousy and obsession eat at the marriage, and a vivid sexual nightmar…
Jealousy and obsession eat at the marriage, and a vivid sexual nightmare leaves both partners shaken. The husband's night wandering feels compulsive. It is emotional unravelling, not a clinical portrait
Grief / bereavement A young woman who overdosed is identified on a slab, and the news lands…
A young woman who overdosed is identified on a slab, and the news lands with a dull, awful weight. The husband has to look at her and keep walking. Loss is brief on screen, but it is not brushed off
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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- Jealousy sends the husband hunting for a secret life. What do you think he was actually looking for?
- The film links sex with money and power. What did that mix make you feel about consent?
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