There are periods in history that scar societies and moments in life that transform us as individuals.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Nancy García García, Verónica García |
| Director |
Alfonso Cuarón |
| Screenplay | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Cinematography | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Editing | Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough |
| Sound formats | Dolby Atmos |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Esperanto Filmoj, Participant Media |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | The material contains infrequent moderate impact language use that is used in frustration but also used to demean and in a derogatory and hurtful manner at times. |
| Nudity | The material contains infrequent moderate impact nudity in a non-sexual context. The material contains a prolonged scene of full-frontal male nudity. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | The material contains infrequent strong impact physical and psychological violence. The material depicts a man getting shot, a woman being verbally abused by the father of her child and a depiction of a stillborn child. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| R: Restricted | Rated R for graphic nudity, some disturbing images, and language |
| Runtime | 135 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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Positive role models |
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| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| ScreenIt Jim Judy  And thus the film somewhat vexes me in that the lack of much of a story means some or maybe even a lot of everyday viewers will grow bored and quit watching before the 135-minute runtime is up. But art-house aficionados and most critics will fall prey, like me, to the mesmerizing and apparently haunting look and feel of the production that has yet to leave my memory whereas other films I’ve seen have long since disappeared into the void. Accordingly, I might have to watch it again to get a better sense of the quality of the overall production. | 13 |  |
| Metacritic.com 45 critics | 19 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 170 critics | 19 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Roma finds writer-director Alfonso Cuarón in complete, enthralling command of his visual craft - and telling the most powerfully personal story of his career. | 20 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 19 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Cuaron’s personal meditation on family is masterful, mature. | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 46 users | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 787 users | 17 | |
| IMDB 2774 Netizens | 17 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 17 | |
Average .. 89% | 18 | |