Cuties

Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in the process.

Name: Cuties
Release: 2020 (9th September on Netflix)
Rating: BBFC 15

Controversy: The hyper-sexualisation of young girls

Concern: Netflix released a promotional poster that seemed to glorify the hyper-sexualisation of young girls.  This led to an online outcry to ‘cancel Netflix’, because the assumption was this is what the film was about.

Alternative: The film is actually condemning this.  The poster was a poor choice on Netflix’s part and people shouldn’t make assumptions on a film based on one poster.