Challengers
NZ release: 18 April 2024
Offensive language, sexual references & nudity Rated on: 03 April 2024
What’s it about?
Tashi Duncan, once a tennis prodigy forced to retire due to injury, is now a coach married to a struggling champion. Her plan to revive her husband's career takes an unexpected twist when he ends up competing against his former best friend – who also happens to be Tashi's ex-boyfriend.
The facts
- Directed by Luca Guadagnino
- Stars Zendaya (Dune, Euphoria), Josh O’Connor (La Chimera, The Crown), Mike Faist (West Side Story, The Bikeriders)
- English language
- Runtime: 131 minutes
- Winner of Best Original Score – Motion Picture at the Golden Globes 2025
Why did it get this rating?
This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Offensive language
The words “f*ck,” “sh*t,” “damn,” “bitch” and “pussy” are used usually, mainly to express anger or frustration, but sometimes also for humour.
Sexual references and nudity
There are a few make-out scenes and some foreplay, including a female reaching down to grab a male’s crotch. There are no explicit sex scenes, however it is implied at one point after two characters kiss and then it cuts to them laying down in a steamy car.
Two characters share a story from their younger years, when one of them taught the other to masturbate. They share some details over how it unfolded in a humourous way.
There is brief, non-sexual full frontal male nudity while a character sits in a locker room.
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