F1
NZ release: 01 July 2025
Offensive language Rated on: 01 July 2025
F1: The Movie

What’s it about?
A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver.
The facts
- Directed by Joseph Kosinski
- English language
- Runtime: 155 minutes
- Starring Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, with Lewis Hamilton as executive producer
- Apple Production
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
There is occasional strong language in moments of high tension. The strongest is ‘f*ck,’ said a couple of times, and other words include ‘sh*t’, ‘arse’, ‘arsehole’, ‘bastard’ and ‘bitching’.
Content that may disturb
The film features frequent high-speed car races that are meant to feel intense; up-close camera angles, rapid movements and swift cuts between drivers creates high tension.
There are several crashes that happen during the races, the most serious resulting in a car flipping over a concrete barrier and bursting into flames. We see the driver being pulled from the burning wreckage but don’t see any obvious injuries until later when we see them in a hospital bed.
There are flashbacks to footage of a high-speed crash that resulted in serious injury to the driver, and we hear about the injuries sustained. The footage is shown as older video footage but you can see a body being ejected from the moving vehicle.
When content stays with you:
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