Marty Supreme
NZ release: 22 January 2026
Violence, sex scenes, offensive language, nudity & wound detail Rated on: 08 January 2026
The facts
- Directed by Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems)
- Starring Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Gwyneth Paltrow (The Talented Mr Ripley), Odessa A’zion (Hellraiser) and Tyler Okonma.
- English language
- Runtime: 149 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This film was classified by Te Mana Whakaatu, Classification Office. You can find out more about classification process and ratings here.
Violence
Marty Supreme contains several scenes with violence. The strongest moments include:
- Characters are threatened with guns.
- A character is stabbed in the abdomen, and another is bashed in the face with a handheld statue.
- Several characters are shot during a brief shootout. Injury is implied by blood detail in the aftermath.
In one scene, a character with a black eye claims to have been physically assaulted by her husband off-screen. This turns out to be false.
Wound detail
A man suffers a bloody injury with bone visible when a bathtub crashes on top of his arm.
Sex scenes
Characters are briefly shown having sex in several scenes. There is minimal detail, and it is mostly suggested by positioning, movement and vocal noises. The strongest moment is when oral sex is implied as a man positions his head between a woman’s legs.
The title sequence features an animation showing a sperm fertilising an egg. This takes place straight after a sex scene.
Characters also make occasional sexual comments and references. For example, “suck my dick” and “you got your cock sucked by a vacuum cleaner”.
Nudity
A character briefly flicks through photos of nude women hidden in a stack of money.
A character is slapped on his bare buttocks with a table tennis bat as a means of humiliating him.
Offensive language
Characters use offensive language such as “f**k”and “sh*t,” most notably during moments of stress.
The word “b*tch” is used in a derogatory manner towards a woman.
The N-word is used in a non-discriminatory way.
Characters use discriminatory terms that are reflective of the period. This language and these attitudes are not supported by the narrative.
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