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‘Joker’ is the UK’s most complained about film in 2019 Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar-winning starrer Joker is the most complained about film of 2019 in the United Kingdom. This was revealed by British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The BBFC report...

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Updated At : 01:10 PM Jul 19, 2020 IST

‘Joker’ is the UK’s most complained about film in 2019

Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar-winning starrer Joker is the most complained about film of 2019 in the United Kingdom.

This was revealed by British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The BBFC report states that the DC origin movie received 20 complaints relating to the film’s age classification, which is 15.

Complaints said that the BBFC should have classified the film as suitable for an 18-rating owing to its ‘violence and tone’, while some people felt it should have been banned altogether.

The BBFC feel that the movie doesn’t “dwell on the infliction of pain or injury in a manner that requires an 18”, despite scenes of strong violence, including stabbings, shootings and blood.

While “Joker” received the most complaints in 2019, its total number is far less than the amount of complaints “Red Sparrow” received in 2018.

–IANS

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