Not suitable under 12; parental guidance to 13 (scary scenes, coarse language, themes)
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Children under 12 | Not suitable due to scary scenes, coarse language, and themes. |
Children aged 12–13 | Parental guidance recommended due to scary scenes, coarse language, and themes |
Children aged 14 and over | Ok for this age group. |
This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.
Name of movie: | F1 The Movie |
Classification: | M |
Consumer advice lines: | Coarse language |
Length: | 155 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) is a rebellious former Formula One (F1) driver whose career ended in a crash three decades ago. Now living out of a van and racing wherever he can find work, Sonny wins a race at Daytona and catches the attention of his former F1 teammate, Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), who now owns the struggling APX GP team. He discloses that the team will be sold off if they cannot win a race by the end of the season and offers Sonny a position on the squad.
At APX, Sonny meets Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), a talented rookie eager to prove himself in the hopes of being picked up by another team if APX folds. Sonny and Joshua’s personalities immediately clash, and their conflict carries onto the racetrack. Yet over time, Sonny steps into a mentor role and they begin to work together. With the help of technical director Kate McKenna (Kerry Condon), who redesigns their vehicles for aggressive, ‘combat-style’ racing, the team begins to show promise. But as the season winds down, the question remains: can APX secure a victory in time, and can Sonny finally earn the win that eluded him decades ago?
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
Serious injury; Gambling.
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
There is some violence in this movie, including:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged eight to thirteen, including the following:
Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.
The following products are displayed or used in this movie:
Car Manufacturers
Tyre, oil and other vehicle related companies
Drug & Alcohol
Other
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
F1 The Movie is a sports action film that follows a fictional Formula One team. It is set in the real world and features top teams and drivers, including Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. The film, directed by Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski, shares clear similarities in theme and tone. The film features scary scenes, aggressive driving, coarse language, and mature scenes that are unsuitable for younger audiences. Additionally, the film features a constant stream of advertisement across the vehicles, driver uniforms, and racetracks. As such, the film is unsuitable for viewers under 12, with parental guidance to 13.
The main messages from this movie are that success is not a solo endeavour. While talent and instinct are important, true victory requires collaboration, trust, and teamwork. The film also highlights the value of unorthodox, out-of-the-box thinking. In a sport dominated by superior vehicles and massive budgets, creativity becomes a key advantage. This is exemplified by the team's use of a bold and chaotic 'Plan C’ to take on the superior vehicles and budgets of the other F1 teams in the film.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:
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