Magnolia

Movie • 1999 • Drama  

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An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
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Does the dog die?
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Dogs eat pills that were accidentally dropped. Their dead bodies are seen being pulled out of the house on stretchers.
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Abandonment
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one character is deeply affected by their father’s abandonment of their dying mother.
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is a child abused?
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Stanley's father admits to the other parents that he's abusive. He also grabs, shakes, berates, and bullies his son.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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antlersantlers
Claudia uses cocaine, multiple characters smoke (cigarettes or other), and there are Earl's pills which Linda may or may not be using.
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Animal
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The frogs are CGI (behind the scenes doc is free on YouTube) except for a few that are shown to be alive were real and not harmed as far as I know
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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antlersantlers
Lots of frogs.
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Are animals abused?
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Lots of frogs and one of the dogs.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Shdya
a man’s dog dies at the end.
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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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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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antlersantlers
There is implied parent/child sexual abuse.
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Handcuffed to table but woman is still able to move
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Is someone held under water?
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Is there pedophilia?
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eamesie
pedophilic acts are mentioned, but happened before the events of the film.
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Is someone drugged?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Not rape but child molestation is implied
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Bodily Harm
Is someone crushed to death?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Shdya
some blood, but never excessive.
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antlersantlers
Earl uses oxygen and struggles to breathe due to the cancer.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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eamesie
The bones are teeth
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there amputation?
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Donnie falls and breaks some of his teeth
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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antlersantlers
In the opening scene, someone jumps off a building to try and die from suicide. They are shot on the way down and land in a net, but they still fall to their death.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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antlersantlers
There are three hangings in a montage.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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moviefanlover
a kid gets shot during a suicide attempt
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Does someone die?
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Shdya
one dog dies at the end, and thousands of frogs die
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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one character overdoses on pills in an unsuccessful attempt at suicide
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Shdya
one character is deeply affected by the loss of his mother, and eventually [SPOILER] his father [SPOILER].
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Does someone cheat?
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Shdya
multiple characters feel remorse over having cheated on their significant others.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there mannequins?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Shdya
not very graphic; private parts hidden behind foggy glass
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Are there ghosts?
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antlersantlers
The first frogs hitting the windshield are a big of a jump scare.
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Gross
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swoonsing
It's a fairly major plot point and it is both shown and made fun of.
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone vomit?
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McKenzieWilkes
That comment is wrong, after Donnie walks into the bathroom he does lean over the toilet (1 hour 48 minutes just about), and while they are correct there are no visuals there is indeed a sound of him retching. It is quickly over.
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Is there audio gore?
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antlersantlers
There is a lot of squelching and gross sounds during the storm.
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Does someone spit?
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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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moviefanlover
one main character is a cop but is clearly shown to be a deeply imperfect and flawed person
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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antlersantlers
Linda wakes up in a hospital. There is also a lot of hospital equipment in Earl's scenes.
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antlersantlers
Earl and Jimmy both have cancer.
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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Not sure if this counts? One character attempts to get braces to impress his crush?
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Not sure if this counts? One character attempts to get braces to impress his crush?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Shdya
one child loads his parents’ gun in the hopes that they will kill each other, then attempts suicide.
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three characters attempt suicide (all fail). one succeeds
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raii
the first minutes are full of quick suicide scenes
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Shdya
several characters are heavily affected by either tragedy in their childhood or guilt for their misdeeds.
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Is there misophonia?
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Shdya
one character intentionally overdoses on pills
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One scene in which a woman blares music and her TV and uses cocaine
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Diagnosis of mental disorders is not discussed, however many characters exhibit traits of bad mental health
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Brad_Pitt
Jimmy (the game show host) has an anxiety attack
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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antlersantlers
By and large it's steady-cam, but during some of the car scenes there's a lot of shakey camera work.
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Shdya
190 uses of the f bomb; countless uses of the f word and s word; 1/2 uses of the c word; several uses of a-hole, c*sucker, and m-fer. one use of the n word, and several uses of the lord’s name in vain
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opening title has many flashing images.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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antlersantlers
A Black child says it in a rap (the words to which are important to the plot).
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Is there hate speech?
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Relationships
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Shdya
julianne moore’s character (actress was 39 at the time of release) is married to jason robards’ character (actor was 77 at time of release); nothing sexual happens between them.
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Sex
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Brad_Pitt
There are some quick sex scenes.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Shdya
one character is heavily implied to have molested his daughter
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Shdya
two sex scenes at the beginning. one shows bouncing breasts, the other is a fully clothed anal sex scene. both are mere seconds long. a porno is briefly seen on tv for a few seconds. a woman is seen showering behind foggy glass.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there bestiality?
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Sexism
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a young boy is
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Sickness
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Shdya
a character struggling with cancer has a stroke.
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Shdya
one major character is seen entirely in his deathbed, miserable and in near constant pain.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Shdya
ending is very moving, but not necessarily sad
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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antlersantlers
Donnie crashes his car into a 7/11 very early on. During the storm, two cars and an ambulance crash.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Shdya
mainly in the beginning, though one key scene at the end is very bloody
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Shdya
accidental shooting at beginning. one character unsuccessfully attempts to kill himself
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