Thelma

Movie • 2017 • Drama  

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A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
This movie contains 40 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is someone eaten?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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hexbabey
girl has a gun pointed at her head, baby is shoved under couch and later gets trapped under the ice in a lake
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Addiction
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hornedlilith
thelma's parents drug her multiple times, and it is implied that they are purposefully giving thelma's grandma too high of a dose
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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helensm
There's a scene where birds smash themselves against a window.
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Are animals abused?
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rafalawliet
Dead birds
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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kelseyj610
~13 minutes in a snake is shown slithering over a woman's throat in a dream; ~54 minutes in, the snake slithers over Thelma's throat and begins to enter her mouth
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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aliciasimpson
a character is trapped in a swimming pool and struggled to escape
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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kelseyj610
Towards the end, when Thelma's father goes out alone in his boat
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone break a bone?
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JWhite
The main character has many graphic seizures, and her attempt to find a medical reason for the seizures is a main plot point. The movie has extended sequences with flashing lights, including in a medical attempt to induce seizures in the main character.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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hexbabey
multiple instances of people being trapped in places and burning alive, although not gory
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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CamilleSuzanne
A character jumps off of the bridge in a suicide attempt and survives but is paralyzed.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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JWhite
A baby disappears and appears unharmed under a couch. The parents frantically try to find the baby before finally rescuing him.
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Does a kid die?
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kelseyj610
~1 hr 25 mins (ish) in, Thelma's baby brother disappears and is found in the lake under ice (shown onscreen).
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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An adult character voluntarily goes to stay with her parents but then is not allowed to leave their home. She is drugged against her will and is regularly locked in her room. At one point she asks if she will be allowed to leave.
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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kelseyj610
There's mention of possession when talking about the historical understanding of seizures
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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hexbabey
bath scene where one character has her chest showing
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Gross
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LaurentiusUrsus
Happens during a seizure
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Does someone vomit?
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kelseyj610
~55 minutes in, after Thelma smokes the cigarette at the party
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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hexbabey
shown being prepared but not used
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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JWhite
A character goes to a doctor for help with seizures. She is sent to a seizure specialist as an inpatient over the course of several days.
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hexbabey
briefly mentioned that the grandma has cancer
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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hornedlilith
the mom jumps off of a bridge to commit suicide, but she fails and it leaves her disabled. could be considered sh
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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hexbabey
two different characters attempt, both are unsuccessful and neither is gory
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Is there misophonia?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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QuinneAvery
There is a scene where the main character is swimming in a pool and gets trapped underwater.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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hexbabey
2 suicide attempts, neither are successful
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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hexbabey
tons of flashing lights about halfway through that are meant to induce a seizure
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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hexbabey
there is a baby that suffers
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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hornedlilith
the entire movie is an allegory for being gay
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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aliciasimpson
i’m not sure if this counts: a lgbt character quite literally vanishes — like... doesn’t exist anymore. but she is bought back and they have a happy ending!
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Are there n-words?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
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JWhite
Two women engage in sexual contact, mostly kissing and manual stimulation. The situation is implied to be in one woman's imagination.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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hexbabey
character is shown in the bath with her chest showing, not sexual
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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nifa
No, but there is a scene that struck me as uncomfortable and might be triggering. Toward the end when the dad is sedating his daughter, it shows him showering her and she's naked. Just kind of weird considering he put her in that scenario
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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hexbabey
chronic mental illness but not physical
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Amy17
a guy says that believing in God is like believing in Santa Klaus so yeah
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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hexbabey
no gore other than the nosebleed
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Does someone drown?
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JWhite
An infant dies underwater from cold/drowning. Later in the film, a man dies from either fire-related injuries or drowning in an attempt to put out the fire engulfing him.
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Is there gun violence?
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