Defending Your Life
Movie • 1991 • Comedy
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In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.
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No, but in the film’s afterlife setting, people are able to eat as much as they want without any physical effects such as gaining weight. On one occasion, two characters are having dinner at a fancy restaurant: because of the aforementioned lack of physical effects, the portion sizes they are given are quite large. One of the two characters briefly expresses concern about high cholesterol levels in what he’s being served, and the same character later becomes extremely self-conscious about being seen eating that much food when someone he knows sits down at another table.
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Not all that visibly, and no breaking-bones noises, but a man breaks his leg in two places during a flashback.
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During a flashback scene, a drunken man is verbally abusive to his wife in front of their one-year-old child. While alcohol use is not the main problematic component in this scene, I’m counting it anyway.
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Almost the entire movie takes place in the afterlife, but otherwise no.
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Only briefly, and not that severe, but yes.
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During flashback scenes, a man is verbally and emotionally abusive to his young son, and yells at him.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Not physical violence, but during a flashback, a man verbally abuses his wife in front of their one-year-old child.
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It’s not shown directly, but we do see right up until the actual collision.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Not sure if a car colliding with a bus and killing the car driver counts, but I’ll err on the side of caution and say yes.
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Julie mentions that she died by drowning.
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