Fight Club 1999

Movie · 2h 19m

17+ Ages 15-17

Editor

Excellent

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier, Holt McCallany, Eion Bailey, Richmond Arquette, David Andrews, George Maguire, Eugenie Bondurant, Christina Cabot, Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston, Rachel Singer

Drama Thriller

What's the Story?

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Content Ratings

What's in the title & why it matters

Language Heavy

4/5

Profanity is extensive. "F_ck" is used at least 74 times, "sh_t" 16 times, "goddamn" 7 times, "a_s" 5 times, "tits" 6 times, and "c_ck" once. "Titties" and "b_tch-tits" are each used once. Religious exclamations include "Jesus" 4 times, "Christ" 3 times, and "Christ almighty" and "Jesus Christ" once each.

Drinking, Drugs & Smoking Moderate

3/5

A woman threatens suicide by overdosing on Xanax, and a bottle of pills is shown a few times. Vodka and beer drinking appear throughout, along with smoking.

Violence & Scariness Heavy

4/5

Violence includes a character punching and flailing himself into a glass table, puncturing his arm and hand with visible blood. Several fistfights show bloody injuries and characters coughing up blood. In one scene, a character smashes another's face into a pulp with an object during an underground fight.

Sex, Romance & Nudity Moderate

3/5

Tyler Durden is shown splicing pornographic reels into film prints, including one showing a penis, another showing someone holding a woman's breasts, and a third showing someone sucking a woman's breasts. Breast nudity is visible in these scenes.

Diverse Representations Mild

2/5

Flow & Focus Mild

2/5

Positive Role Models Mild

1/5

Products & Purchases Mild

1/5