What is You about?
A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
A charming stalker's dark obsessions unfold with brisk, darkly-comic suspense and pulpy grit.
Suspenseful, with dark satire. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
You parents guide
Strong sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-MA titles carry. Beyond that, real scares and a jolt or two.
- Scare
- Properly scary
- Frightening, not just tense.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Three questions
- Is You scary?
- Yes, properly. You is the real thing without being an endurance test.
- How gory is You?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is You rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Real scares, strong sex and nudity, and strong violence. The TV-MA is earned, so not for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byGreg Berlanti, Sera Gamble
StarringPenn Badgley, Charlotte Ritchie, Griffin Matthews, Anna Camp, Madeline Brewer
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