The Francis Lawrence-directed “Red Sparrow” was given a hard R in the States. It starred Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian spy and, by, all accounts, the sexuality and violence in the film was something that we rarely see these days in a big studio movie. J-Law even delivered the first nude scene of her career. The film itself was a well-made spy thriller, albeit one with some overlength issues, but, again, it was the kind of adult drama that is rarely greenlit these days in Hollywood.
Regardless, according to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), there were a record-number 64 moviegoer complaints about the movie last year, all of which complained that its 15 rating was too low.
“Receiving 50 complaints was the children’s animation Peter Rabbit. A scene in which the rabbits pelt the human character Tom McGregor with blackberries in the knowledge that he is allergic to them – even shooting one into his mouth – until he is forced to use an EpiPen to treat his reaction.”