Bugsy Malone
Movie • 1976 • Action
ReportA pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts.
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Is there pedophilia?
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HappyMom
Not exactly in the show as everyone is the same age (preteens to young teens), but the teenage girls are very sensualized especially in the dance numbers. Jodie Foster was targeted as a young girl after this and it led to a crime by a stalker trying to get attention from her. So yes this movie could definitely be a trigger.
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Are animals abused?
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HappyMom
No, the only scene with animals is a wealthy couple playing polo.
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HappyMom
No, but there's an unwanted kiss. There's talk of cheating and frustration around it is a major plot point.
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Does a head get squashed?
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No, but baseball bats do fly and fists fly in a boxing ring with people singing about how violent it's going to get (kids wear protective gear). A car nearly runs over a picnicking group. There are some moments that might make people feel claustrophobic as people get trapped into tiny spaces or hide in them.
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Does a kid die?
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martch
In the world of this movie, marshmallow cream is substituted for bullets. Sometimes, someone gets hit with a lot of it and we don't see them anymore in the movie. I suppose you could argue that they've died, but it's all pretty tongue-in-cheek and absurd, so no actual violence is ever shown.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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HappyMom
Jodie Foster sings about essentially being a sex worker while wearing a floor-length lingerie/slip-style dress (about as bad as a rated G musical could get, so it should go over kids heads, but for adults it won't). She also flirts and acts seductive towards the main character and there's talk of cheating ("careful, your racing my motor" says Bugsy Malone, "how about smearing my lipstick" Talulah says). Other dancers wear bottoms that are short and wide exposing their cheeks. At one point a boy complains about her spending so much time doing her makeup. She says that if she didn't do this he wouldn't give her the time of day. Fat Sam at one point tells her to go make herself more beautiful, she says that's impossible (he's trying to get her to leave to discuss gang warfare). There's some other stuff that's iffy, like dancing girls falling backwards and their underwear showing, but that's not too bad.
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