Some of the full-on penetration scenes are done with CGI. But some are real, performed by porn actors, whose screen names are listed in the end credits. Scenes of actors and actresses filmed in their underwear are edited with scenes of porn stars through CGI. Scenes of female genitalia are actually prosthetics, not the real thing, based on interviews of Lars von Trier and the cinematographer.

The whole premise of the movie centers around a women recounting her experiences as a sex addict. There is sex shown, and it can be graphic and pornographic- NC-17 to X rated.

It is explained that a young girl started masturbating when she was two years old, and includes a shot of a young girl from the neck up looking down, implying that she is masturbating.

Two seven-year-old girls are seen entering a bathroom and lowering their underwear. They proceed to rub themselves on the wet bathroom floor. There is no nudity, but both are shown to be enjoying it. In the uncut version, you can see their partially obscured pubic area as they take off their underwear.

A 14-year-old girl is shown losing her virginity to an 18-year-old. Although the scene is short, explicit shots of penetration are shown, and there is moaning.

In the Bluray version, a 10-year-old girl is shown sitting in her father's lap and grinding, he pushes her off after a few seconds, but the whole scene has a comedic tone to it.

Two 16-year-old girls have a competition to see who can have sex with the most men in the duration of a train ride. Two shots show men from behind thrusting, no nudity.

A teenage girl enthusiastically gives a man a blowjob and spits out the semen. There are several shots of his genitals visibly in her mouth. The Director's Cut version is much more hardcore, with semen spurting out of the penis. Close-up shots of erect penises and the outside and inside of a woman's vulva.

A man performs cunnilingus on a woman.

The Australian version mostly contains a constant flow of close of shots of men's penises comprising of all types of men, of different sizes, erections, and skin tone.

Australian version shows no female genitalia scenes.

Volume I of Nyphomaniac isn't as violent as Volume II.

Some occasional slapping, hitting and typical moderate violence.

Thirty-plus uses of the F-word, three uses of the C-word, along with countless other anatomical and scatological profanities.

A cigarette is seen in a man's hand.

The scene in which Mrs. H confronts her husband at Joe's apartment with her three young children and leaving in hysterics is very emotionally intense.

The tone is fairly light at first until the stories become disturbing and graphic.