Content breakdown
✅
Generally safe
**Parental Guide for Contrariety**
This short film follows an employee grappling with questions about identity and purpose, which may resonate with older children and teens. There's no violence, language, or sexual content to worry about. The main consideration is whether your child is ready for a somewhat introspective story about existential struggles.
Synopsis
Contrariety (2021) is a short narrative film about Steve, a determined employee, who struggles with his search for identity and purpose, causing him to lose sight of his own reality.
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Ratings based on MPAA/TV classification and TMDB metadata. Updated March 2026.
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