Emo the Musical
Movie • 2017 • Romance
ReportEthan, a sullen high-school student whose life is defined by what he hates, finds love with a blindly optimistic Christian girl Trinity, much to the annoyance of his angst-filled band mates and her evangelistic brethren.
This movie contains 10 potentially triggering events.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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In order to make up for budget cuts, a high school accepts funding from a company that sells serotonin and subsequently pressures the kids to take the drug. However, at no point do we actually see anyone take the pills.
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Are there spiders?
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in the background there’s a picture
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Bodily Harm
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There are some references to cutting, including a club asking to see wrist slitting scars for entry. However, no one cuts throughout the course of the film and the protagonist admits that his scars are painted on with eyeshadow. Near the end of the movie, a boy takes another student hostage with a knife, but the situation is settled without violence.
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Is there a hanging?
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No one is hanged. The film opens with the protagonist hanging a noose in a tree and putting it around his neck. We see a close-up of his feet on a bench and then of the rope going taught. He tells students at his new school that he was expelled for attempting suicide by hanging, but it is later revealed that he was "faking it to get attention", tying the rope long and hopping down off the bench without actually being in any danger. Potentially triggering, please use your discretion.
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Does someone cheat?
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The protagonist is begrudgingly publicly in a relationship with another member of the band when he begins secretly dating another girl.
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Is there a shower scene?
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The nearest thing to a shower scene is when the protagonist fills a bathtub, climbs in fully-clothed, and attempts to commit suicide by plunging an active stereo into the water.
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A gay student states that he has been through gay conversion and electroshock therapy. He carries around a small apparatus that he uses to self-administer mild electric shocks any time he experiences sexual urges. Another student is tased by a police officer near the end of the film.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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It's implied that a boy who has previously gone through gay conversion therapy will be sent back. In a mid-credits scene, we see him seated on a bed in a clinic-like setting. Dialogue implies that he is there involuntarily. A nurse shows in his new roommate, who turns out to be his boyfriend. The boyfriend reveals that he has a crowbar, implying a plan to escape.
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It is implied that some of the characters have cut their wrists at some point in the past, but no self-harm is actually depicted, nor is there any implication that any of the characters harm themselves off-screen during the movie. Use your discretion.
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A secretly gay student who is caught with his boyfriend panics and runs around the room in a vain attempt to escape. He is unable to speak as three different people try to pressure him into different options (conversion therapy vs. running away to another church vs. standing his ground) and he is then led away without struggle.
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Someone attempts suicide (multiple times) but doesn't die
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Is there hate speech?
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A character is gay and suffering from internalized homophobia, and multiple other characters bully him for this.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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One of the Christians sings "It will occur to you that the deformity that Jesus gave to you is your security against sex
out of wedlock" at a kid in a wheelchair
out of wedlock" at a kid in a wheelchair
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There are some sexual references in the dialogue, depiction of teen pregnancy, and kissing.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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While attempting to destroy a tambourine, a character accidentally stabs himself in the leg with a gardening hand tool. Some blood is visible on his pant leg and gets smeared onto a chair.
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