The film ***Companion*** (2025) is rated **R** by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
According to the official MPA rating classification, the film received this rating for **"strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout."**
International classification boards and parent guides provide more specific details regarding the elements that contributed to this rating:
### **1. Violence and Gore**
The film features extreme and graphic violence that includes:
* **Stabbings and Blood:** Multiple scenes depict characters being stabbed, including a graphic sequence where a character is stabbed in the carotid artery, resulting in excessive blood spray.
* **Brutal Killings:** One scene involves a character being killed with a motorized corkscrew that "cores out" part of their brain. Another scene shows a character being beaten until their face is described as "bloody pulp."
* **Self-Harm and Torture:** There are disturbing sequences involving coerced self-harm, such as a character being forced to hold their hand over a candle flame and another being forced to hold a gun to their head.
* **Domestic Abuse:** The film portrays intense scenes of intimate partner violence, including a character being thrown against walls and slammed into the floor.
### **2. Sexual Content**
The rating also accounts for "sexual content" based on:
* **Sexual Activity:** While the film avoids explicit nudity, there are scenes of characters in bed together and audio implying sex occurs behind closed doors.
* **Sexual Assault:** A scene depicts an attempted rape/sexual assault where a man forcibly kisses and gropes a woman before she fights him off.
* **Suggestive Themes:** There are frequent "lewd" sexual references throughout the script, including characters being referred to as "sexbots" or "f—bots."
### **3. Language**
The film contains pervasive strong language:
* **Profanity:** There are nearly 100 instances of the word "f**k," along with other vulgarities such as "shit," "bitch," and "asshole."
* **Religious Expletives:** The film frequently uses profanities involving the names of "Jesus Christ" and "God."
### **4. Other Noteworthy Elements**
* **Substance Use:** Characters are shown drinking heavily at parties, and one scene involves a character mixing Xanax with alcohol.
* **Psychological Intensity:** The film heavily features themes of gaslighting, emotional manipulation, and intense psychological threat, which contributed to its restricted rating in several international territories (such as the BBFC's "15" and the Irish Film Classification Office's "16").