Runt

What’s it about?

Annie and her adopted stray dog, Runt, compete in the Krumpets Dog Show Agility Course Championships in London, hoping to win and save their family farm.

The facts

• Directed by John Sheedy
• English language
• Runtime: 92 minutes

Why did it get this rating?

This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about the cross-rating process here.

Coarse language

This movie contains some coarse language and toilet humour. At one point, a character starts to say Susie’s pies taste like "shi-", but Annie quickly talks over him before her mum hears.

Phrases like "bugger off," "bloody hell," and "bastard" are used throughout, along with unfinished expletives like "big, glittering, shi-" and "what the f-," where the full words are implied but not finished

There’s also a suggestive insult, "stuff your rams up your Jonesy.".

Violence and scary scenes 

This movie contains some violent scenes:

• Runt steals sausages and is chased by a woman with a meat cleaver, followed by others. A man with a net keeps trying to catch him.
• Max sets his bike wheels on fire while filming a stunt, accidentally setting his pants on fire. His mum hits him and the bike with a blanket to put out the flames.
• Max jumps from a tall height, breaks his arm, and realises it’s at a weird angle.
• Annie asks Max to do something dangerous, and he jokes, “I could fall and die. You’ll have to film me!” He nearly slips and ends up hanging upside-down.
• Annie’s dad checks in on her, joking that he hopes she isn’t "boiling in a cauldron.".
• Robert-Barren gets swept away by a rainstorm when his dam breaks.

Further information

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