What is Toy Boy about?
After seven years in a Málaga prison, a male stripper is released pending retrial and sets out to prove his lover framed him for her husband's murder.
Toy Boy (2019)
A male stripper on retrial navigates Málaga's pulpy, gritty underworld to expose his lover's dark deception.
Suspenseful and melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Toy Boy parents guide
It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is Toy Boy?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Toy Boy rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated TV-MA, and it earns it: moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and some strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byCésar Benítez, Juan Carlos Cueto, Rocío Martínez
StarringJesús Mosquera, María Pedraza, Cristina Castaño, José de la Torre, Carlo Costanzia Jr, Juanjo Almeida
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Toy Boy is on our Spanish-language and Mystery on Netflix lists.
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