Does the dog die?
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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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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 a child abandoned by a parent?
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one character is deeply affected by their father’s abandonment of their dying mother.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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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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Addiction
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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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Lots of frogs.
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Does a pet die?
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a man’s dog dies at the end.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Lots of frogs and one of the dogs.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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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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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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pedophilic acts are mentioned, but happened before the events of the film.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Not rape but child molestation is implied
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Is someone restrained?
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Handcuffed to table but woman is still able to move
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There is implied parent/child sexual abuse.
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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some blood, but never excessive.
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Is there a hanging?
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There are three hangings in a montage.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Earl uses oxygen and struggles to breathe due to the cancer.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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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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Does someone break a bone?
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The bones are teeth
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Donnie falls and breaks some of his teeth
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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a kid gets shot during a suicide attempt
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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one dog dies at the end, and thousands of frogs die
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Not in a distasteful way at all however this is technically true
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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one character overdoses on pills in an unsuccessful attempt at suicide
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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multiple characters feel remorse over having cheated on their significant others.
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Does a parent die?
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one character is deeply affected by the loss of his mother, and eventually [SPOILER] his father [SPOILER].
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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The first frogs hitting the windshield are a big of a jump scare.
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Is there a shower scene?
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not very graphic; private parts hidden behind foggy glass
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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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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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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It's a fairly major plot point and it is both shown and made fun of.
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Is there audio gore?
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There is a lot of squelching and gross sounds during the storm.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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one main character is a cop but is clearly shown to be a deeply imperfect and flawed person
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Linda wakes up in a hospital. There is also a lot of hospital equipment in Earl's scenes.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Earl and Jimmy both have cancer.
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Mental Health
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three characters attempt suicide (all fail). one succeeds
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one character intentionally overdoses on pills
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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one child loads his parents’ gun in the hopes that they will kill each other, then attempts suicide.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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several characters are heavily affected by either tragedy in their childhood or guilt for their misdeeds.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Not sure if this counts? One character attempts to get braces to impress his crush?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Jimmy (the game show host) has an anxiety attack
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Not sure if this counts? One character attempts to get braces to impress his crush?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Diagnosis of mental disorders is not discussed, however many characters exhibit traits of bad mental health
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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One scene in which a woman blares music and her TV and uses cocaine
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the first minutes are full of quick suicide scenes
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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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Are there flashing lights or images?
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opening title has many flashing images.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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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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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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A Black child says it in a rap (the words to which are important to the plot).
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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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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one character is heavily implied to have molested his daughter
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Is there sexual content?
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There are some quick sex scenes.
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Are there nude scenes?
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two sex scenes at the beginning. one shows bouncing breasts, the other is a fully clothed a**l sex scene. both are mere seconds long. a p***o is briefly seen on tv for a few seconds. a woman is seen showering behind foggy glass.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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a young boy is
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Sickness
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Does someone have a stroke?
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a character struggling with cancer has a stroke.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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one major character is seen entirely in his deathbed, miserable and in near constant pain.
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Social
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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ending is very moving, but not necessarily sad
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Donnie crashes his car into a 7/11 very early on. During the storm, two cars and an ambulance crash.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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mainly in the beginning, though one key scene at the end is very bloody
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Is there gun violence?
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accidental shooting at beginning. one character unsuccessfully attempts to kill himself
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