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Lee

Movie 2024 117 min M History, Drama, War
AMU 16+ * Quality ★★★★☆

Our take

Lee is a fact-based drama about photographer Lee Miller in World War II. Expect wartime killing, Holocaust imagery, cigarettes and wine, strong language including the f-word, talk of sex, and a report of women raped and beaten. Suicide among the defeated is mentioned. Heavy history, not a romance. Older teens and adults

Uplifting themes

Miller insists on doing dangerous, necessary work when she is told not to A grounded way into a woman war correspondent and the camps she photographed

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Story (may spoil tone)

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Violence
Strong
Language
Moderate
Sex / nudity
Mild
Drugs / alcohol
Mild
Frightening
Moderate
Self-harm / suicide
Mild
Sexual violence
Moderate
Bullying / discrimination
Gore / death / weapons
Moderate
Dangerous behaviour
Eating disorders / body image
Mental health
Mild
Gambling
Grief / bereavement
Moderate

Details

Violence Strong War: shootings, corpses, and the aftermath of camps. Historical, still…

War: shootings, corpses, and the aftermath of camps. Historical, still very hard to watch

Language Moderate Regular strong language, including the f-word, damn, and s-word

Regular strong language, including the f-word, damn, and s-word

Sex / nudity Mild Talk of sex, sleeping with men, and a bedroom scene. Adult, not the cen…

Talk of sex, sleeping with men, and a bedroom scene. Adult, not the centre of the film

Drugs / alcohol Mild Wine and cigarettes throughout the period setting

Wine and cigarettes throughout the period setting

Frightening Moderate War horror and camp discovery. Dread from history, not jump scares

War horror and camp discovery. Dread from history, not jump scares

Self-harm / suicide Mild Suicide pacts and suicides in Berlin are discussed as the war ends

Suicide pacts and suicides in Berlin are discussed as the war ends

Sexual violence Moderate A wartime report that women were raped and beaten. Named as atrocity, n…

A wartime report that women were raped and beaten. Named as atrocity, not played as entertainment

Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title

No bullying found in this title

Gore / death / weapons Moderate Bodies and war damage. The photographs are the shock

Bodies and war damage. The photographs are the shock

Dangerous behaviour No dangerous behavior found in this title

No dangerous behavior found in this title

Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title

No eating found in this title

Mental health Mild Depression is named in an earlier life beat. War strain sits under the…

Depression is named in an earlier life beat. War strain sits under the later acts

Gambling No gambling found in this title

No gambling found in this title

Grief / bereavement Moderate Mass death and the duty to record it. Mourning on a historic scale

Mass death and the duty to record it. Mourning on a historic scale

Talk after watching

  • Why photograph horror instead of looking away?
  • A woman fights to work in a war built by men. What barriers still sound familiar?
  • How should families talk about camp footage with teens?