Does the dog die?
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Mary And Max
Movie • 2009 • Animation
ReportA tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970s, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?
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kolbi
Not on screen, but one of two of the neighbor’s chihuahuas die. The one digs the other’s bones up
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
23 supporters
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throwaway2468
8-year-old Mary is often neglected by her parents, with Noel (her father) often in the shed stuffing dead animals, and Vera (her mother) providing no support at all.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
37 supporters
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ESBirdnerd
Mary’s parents are neglectful
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BeeGhost
There is a brief scene where Max is slapped by his mother as a kid
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HickoryDickoryProductions
Mary becomes a drunk like her neglectful mother, but it's a depressive episode and she doesn't abuse anyone
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Dreamscape
A boy is hit in the back of the head for stuttering. Another boy is hit for drawing on a wall. Neither kid ends up physically harmed from it
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Addiction
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Dreamscape
There's alcohol addiction and a woman tries to overdose on a drug
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Is there addiction?
12 supporters
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Dreamscape
Alcohol and food addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
9 supporters
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throwaway2468
In the first half of the movie, Vera is a alcoholic, often drinking cooking sherry. Later on, adult Mary starts drinking cooking sherry like her mother.
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
70 supporters
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throwaway2468
No horses in the movie.
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Dreamscape
Goldfish die and are killed in a variety of ways
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Are animals abused?
148 supporters
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Dreamscape
Goldfish are killed in a variety of ways
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Is there a dead animal?
85 supporters
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kolbi
Multiple fish die (some in gruesome ways), the dad’s hobby is stuffing dead birds, a live dog digs up a dead dog’s bones
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Does a cat die?
128 supporters
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ESBirdnerd
It is implied Max’s cat dies
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Does a pet die?
116 supporters
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throwaway2468
Many of Max's fish die in various ways.
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Does a dragon die?
21 supporters
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throwaway2468
No dragons in the movie.
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Are there spiders?
35 supporters
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throwaway2468
No spiders in the movie.
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Are there snakes?
13 supporters
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throwaway2468
No snakes in the movie.
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Are there bugs?
21 supporters
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kolbi
Max captures flies to feed his fish
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Assault
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kolbi
There is a woman who kisses Max without his consent
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
36 supporters
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BeeGhost
Max is sexually assaulted by a woman from his overeaters anonymous meetings. It is taken seriously
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
28 supporters
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movieman
Mary says in one of her letters, her father cuts her hair, and it shows her father about to do so (with hedge clippers)
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
24 supporters
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Dreamscape
A man hyperventilates during panic attacks
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Is someone crushed to death?
22 supporters
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throwaway2468
There is a scene where Max's AC falls out of his apartment window and crushes a mime to death on the street.
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Is someone choked?
13 supporters
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throwaway2468
In one scene, a homeless man litters a cigarette butt near Max which makes him furious and Max starts strangling the homeless man.
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Is there amputation?
18 supporters
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Dreamscape
A man's legs are chewed off by paranas
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Is there a hanging?
30 supporters
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A woman tries to hang herself but is interrupted
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Does someone asphyxiate?
18 supporters
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lilpig
Someone is lifted off the ground by the neck and choked, but survives unscathed.
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Does someone break a bone?
18 supporters
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Dreamscape
A man's legs are chewed off by paranas
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
38 supporters
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throwaway2468
A soldier's legs and toes are chewed off by piranhas.
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Is someone tortured?
68 supporters
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A soldier is kidnapped and tortured in a flashback. A man is treated poorly for a long period of time at a mental institution
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Is there eye mutilation?
75 supporters
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throwaway2468
One of Max's pet cats, Hal, has a missing eye from when kids shot Hal's eye out with a BB gun. However, mutilation is not shown.
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Is there excessive gore?
69 supporters
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JCWellsp
At one point a man’s leg gets bitten off by fish and they show his leg bleeding.
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Children
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Death
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
26 supporters
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throwaway2468
There is a scene where Max is craned out of his apartment, a newspaper spins into the screen with the title "Obese Retarded Man Craned Out".
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
11 supporters
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throwaway2468
Mary attempts to overdose.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
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Dreamscape
We get a flashback of a soldier who was kidnapped during a war
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Does a parent die?
15 supporters
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Dreamscape
Both of a main character's parents die
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Does someone cheat?
15 supporters
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throwaway2468
SPOILERS: Later on in the movie, Mary’s husband cheats on her to be with his gay sheep farmer husband in New Zealand.
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Does a family member die?
15 supporters
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Entavulp
Both of Mary’s parents die during the story. Max mentions his mother passing from suicide.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
45 supporters
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throwaway2468
Not really a jumpscare, but there is a part where it depicts Max’s mother killing herself with a gun. It’s not shown, but there is a loud gunshot noise that might jumpscare some people.
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Are there clowns?
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kolbi
There aren’t clowns, but a mime briefly shows up
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
16 supporters
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Dreamscape
We see a bully pee on a girl's lunch
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Does someone spit?
10 supporters
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Dreamscape
People and animals fart
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Is there audio gore?
38 supporters
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Dreamscape
The sound of bone breaking
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Is there farting?
8 supporters
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Anonymous
Max farts in an elevator
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
6 supporters
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throwaway2468
The movie is set decades before the events of 9/11, so no.
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
15 supporters
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throwaway2468
In one scene, Max is in an mental institution where he is given shock therapy.
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Are needles/syringes used?
28 supporters
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Dreamscape
A syringe is used on a man
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Is there a mental institution scene?
20 supporters
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throwaway2468
Max is in a mental institution for 8 months. in the hospital, he is given abusive shock therapy.
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Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
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Dreamscape
There's a scene in a mental hospital, a brief scene of someone about to get and recovering from cosmetic surgery, and also a few scenes at a dentist's office
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
35 supporters
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throwaway2468
A war veteran is unable to go outside due to his trauma.
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Is autism misrepresented?
24 supporters
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Entavulp
Max’s autism is a cornerstone of the film. It is portrayed extremely accurately and tastefully.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
28 supporters
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movieman
Max manhandles a homeless man who littered a cigarette butt, but snaps out of it when he apologizes. A turning point of the movie.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
11 supporters
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throwaway2468
There is no D.I.D representation in the film so this doesn't count.
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throwaway2468
One of the main characters Mary attempts suicide. She has a noose tied to her neck and she is going to overdose on valium.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
5 supporters
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Entavulp
Max often has long meltdowns
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Is there body dysmorphia?
24 supporters
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Dreamscape
A girl hates the birth mark on her forehead
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
24 supporters
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Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
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Dreamscape
A lot of the story revolves around Max's anxiety
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
31 supporters
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throwaway2468
Max has a binge eating disorder.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
34 supporters
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Dreamscape
Doctors drug and electrocute an autistic man
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
64 supporters
Add comment
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
29 supporters
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throwaway2468
The movie is not live-action, so there’s no shakey cam.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
35 supporters
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Dreamscape
A white strobing effect for a few seconds
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
15 supporters
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throwaway2468
Mary as an adult has a baby with her.
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Does a pregnant person die?
10 supporters
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ihatescrappydoo
A pregnant woman does attempt suicide
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
41 supporters
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12
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Dreamscape
A fat character makes up his own unhealthy dishes which could be interpreted as a fat joke. The narrator also comments on the character getting "wider", though the entire story is narrated in this kind of quirky way so I'm not sure if this is really a fat joke or not. Max goes to an overreaters anonymous group where fat people are hated on
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Nuagematcha
Anti-semitic agression/bullying
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Is there hate speech?
22 supporters
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RyanS
A woman uses an anti-Chinese racial slur.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
19 supporters
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throwaway2468
Throughout the movie, Max is subject to hate speech such as ableism and antisemitism.
1 comment | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
27 supporters
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Entavulp
Max is shown to be asexual. At the end of the movie, he dies.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
34 supporters
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15
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Dreamscape
A boy is hit on the back of the head for stuttering. A character goes to an overreaters anonymous group where fat people are hated on. Doctors drug and electrocute an autistic man. The word "retarded" is also used
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
29 supporters
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throwaway2468
Mary is an 8-year-old child and Max is a 44-year-old man, however, there is no sexual/romantic relationship.
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
44 supporters
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15
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Dreamscape
Audio only sex scenes, a few sexual jokes and non-sexual nudity
1 comment | Add comment
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Are there nude scenes?
28 supporters
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7
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throwaway2468
There is a brief scene where Max is on a desert island naked.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
10 supporters
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5
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throwaway2468
Mary is in bed with her partner, Damien when she turns off the light and they both make love. There is no graphic sexual images but only sounds.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
67 supporters
Add comment
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Sexism
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Sickness
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7
Yes
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Social
Is someone homeless?
6 supporters
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8
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0
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throwaway2468
There is a homeless man in the movie who gets strangled by Max because they dropped a cigarette butt.
1 comment | Add comment
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
36 supporters
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throwaway2468
The main ending of the movie is bittersweet, with Mary finding out Max kept all her letters. Whereas in an alternative version (only on DVD), Max is eaten by birds.
https://youtu.be/SMJzHaMNdAk
https://youtu.be/SMJzHaMNdAk
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
13 supporters
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7
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fone
Yes, but it's off screen
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
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0
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0
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Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
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8
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throwaway2468
One of Max's fish jumps out the window and gets hit by a car.
In the alternative ending, Mary’s agoraphobic neighbour gets hit by a car after giving Mary’s parcel.
https://youtu.be/SMJzHaMNdAk
In the alternative ending, Mary’s agoraphobic neighbour gets hit by a car after giving Mary’s parcel.
https://youtu.be/SMJzHaMNdAk
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Violence
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10
Is there blood/gore?
44 supporters
Yes
11
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0
0
Dreamscape
We are shown a man's cartoonish amputated leg
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone drown?
13 supporters
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12
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0
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throwaway2468
Mary’s father Noel is using a detector. He is distracted when a massive wave crashes down onto him, killing him.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
19 supporters
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11
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1
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throwaway2468
Max's mother kills herself with a gun. However, this is not seen although we can hear a gunshot.
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