Does the dog die?
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Song of the Sea
Movie • 2014 • Family
ReportThe story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
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AtarahDerekh
Cu survives and is even blessed by Mac Lir's dogs.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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ReganWeeks
The main character is forced to leave his dog with his dad for a while
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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ReganWeeks
The mother unwillingly abandons her children in the beginning
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Is someone stalked?
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AtarahDerekh
The main characters are pursued by the main antagonist's owls for about half the film.
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Is there domestic violence?
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BlueStarSong
At one point in the movie a child is almost turned to stone because an adult feels it will be better for them than feeling emotions. The spell is broken after a few minutes and the child is fine
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Is there addiction?
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BlueStarSong
The father is shown drinking but in more of a lonely "sigh and gaze out the window with a glass of beer in front of him" way then a heavy drinker. He does not return home drunk at any point in the movie. Another character is shown smoking a pipe
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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QueenJ11
It's implied that Conner is an alcoholic, but the most we see of that is him sitting in the window of a bar looking sad.
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BlueStarSong
Movie spoilers below!
Two dogs (not Cu) and some owls move on to the next world, it's unclear in the movie if this is death or not but they are no longer of this world
Two dogs (not Cu) and some owls move on to the next world, it's unclear in the movie if this is death or not but they are no longer of this world
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Does a pet die?
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BlueStarSong
Movie spoilers below!
Mac Lir's dogs move on to the next world with him at the end of the movie but it's unclear if this is death or them going to another world
Mac Lir's dogs move on to the next world with him at the end of the movie but it's unclear if this is death or them going to another world
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Are there snakes?
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BlueStarSong
No realistic or cartoon snakes but at one point there is an elderly man character with VERY long hair (think Rapunzel) that can move about on its own, it's done in a funny way and is treated like extra hands or ropes. If you would like to see an example, Google "Song of the Sea old man with long hair" and you'll see an image from the movie
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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BlueStarSong
Some characters are turned to stone and at one point the dog Cu is tied up in the yard but quickly breaks free and goes searching for his boy. The father locks up his daughter's selkie coat to prevent her from swimming away in the sea and leaving him
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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a character swims down a well and characters dive into the ocean during a storm, both times holding their breath for long periods.
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Is someone burned alive?
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BlueStarSong
No, but some characters are turned to stone and left in the open for so long that moss and grass begins to grow over them
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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BlueStarSong
No but some characters are turned to stone and gasp before they fully transform
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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BlueStarSong
Some characters are turned to stone
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Does a kid die?
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QueenJ11
Almost. Ben saves Saoirse just in time.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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AtarahDerekh
Saoirse is captured by Macha's owls.
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Does a parent die?
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Benji
Happens off-screen
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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AtarahDerekh
Not a toy per se, but the shell instrument Ben's mother entrusted to him ends up getting shattered.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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BlueStarSong
No but there is a minor startle when an elderly man with very long hair (think Rapunzel) jumps into Ben's view and startles him. You do have a bit of warning and see the elderly man running around in the shadows before that (when you see Ben enter the cave with the long white hair hanging on rocks all around him is when it happens)
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Are there ghosts?
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They're friendly though.
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Is there a shower scene?
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A little girl sits in a bathtub fully clothed with a fur coat while trying to use the showerhead to get the coat and herself wet
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Does someone spit?
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AtarahDerekh
Saoirse intentionally sneezes on Ben at one point.
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BlueStarSong
No but in the very beginning of the movie the mother enters the sea and dies to "save their baby", the movie treats this like it was the only way she could have saved her unborn child who ends up save and sound
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Loud breathing
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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AtarahDerekh
Ben has hydrophobia due to losing his mother in the ocean. He becomes quite panicked at the very thought of going in the water, and he always wears his life jacket, no matter how far from the water he is.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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BlueStarSong
A character is mocked for not being able to speak but she's mute not autistic
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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fraisierdesbois
There's a scene where thunders are seen and they're flashy
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Paranoia
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Is there childbirth?
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BlueStarSong
A baby is born off screen, there is talk of the baby coming in the first few minutes of the movie. If you wanted you could skip the first few minutes of the movie (start when you see the boy sitting on a rock in the life vest looking at the sea) and you're good to watch. All you need to know is that the mother gave herself to the sea to "save their baby" and vanished that night, leaving her new born child in her husbands arms
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Does someone miscarry?
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BlueStarSong
No but there is a part in the very beginning where the mother gives herself up to "save their baby"
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Does a pregnant person die?
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thespianscreed
Implied that a woman presumably dies giving birth to her child offscreen; however, she survives but is forced to leave her family.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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BlueStarSong
There is one part of the movie when a fairy man puts on a grandmother's fur coat and runs away with it but it's done in a way that makes the fairy seem clueless about humans and not meant to be mocking or hurtful
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Is there hate speech?
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BlueStarSong
Brother gets upset with sister, mocks her for not being able to speak, get angry at father and grandmother. Nothing is over the top
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Saorise is mocked for not being able to speak a few times.
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Is there a large age gap?
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BlueStarSong
I'm not quite sure how to answer this one. If you're asking about romance, there is no romance in this film other than between the parents. The parents ages are never stated. There are two young children, a father, and a grandmother for most of the film. There are also fairies who are said to be very very old
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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BlueStarSong
No men are mocked for crying in this movie but Ben tells himself not to cry a few times and his father is seen brushing away tears before facing his children (hiding them)
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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BlueStarSong
No but some of the fairies live outside in nature
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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AtarahDerekh
The characters in the fairy tales Ben was told by his mother all turn out to be very real.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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BlueStarSong
I would say it's a bittersweet ending, the mother and fairies all move on to the next world and the children decide to stay with their father in our world. It's not stated in this movie that this is "death" or another world but I feel it's implied
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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BlueStarSong
Characters cross the road and fairies cross the road as well. At one point they quickly stop a bus
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Does someone drown?
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There are times when characters almost drown
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