Stand By Me
Movie • 1986 • Adventure
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Needs More Answers
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
50 supporters
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Parents are neglectful.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Spoiler!
Gordie’s big brother passes away in a car accident.
Gordie’s big brother passes away in a car accident.
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Abuse
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Two children have physically abusive fathers, mentioned but not shown. Scenes showing emotional neglect of a child. All three of these children break down during the film due to the way they are treated either by their families or the town. One child is assaulted by a teenager.
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Spoken about but not shown.
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Are there abusive parents?
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The narrator, as well as two other boys, describe various forms of abuse, none shown on screen. One character has their ear badly burned on a stove by his father.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Never explicit forgiveness but Teddy's father is abusive towards him but Teddy continues to defend him when the man at the junkyard makes fun of his father.
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Is someone gaslighted?
43 supporters
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Gordy’s father is neglectful and makes him think that becoming a writer isn’t a real job
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Talks about one of the main character's father having a severe alcohol addiction.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Chris’ father is an alcoholic
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Numerous child characters smoke cigarettes throughout the film.
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Animal
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Are there bugs?
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Multiple people are shown pulling leeches off their skin.
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Assault
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Is rape mentioned?
124 supporters
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At the beginning of the movie, right after the first bit of narration, a magazine is lifted from the stand with the word rape written as part of a headline.
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Is someone restrained?
41 supporters
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Chris restrains Teddy while he's kicking and screaming multiple times
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Is someone held under water?
40 supporters
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There's a scene where the boys are play fighting in the water and dunking each other under water
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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A character throws another character to the ground and threatens to burn his face with a lot cigarette.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
149 supporters
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Not during the film but one character is called Eyeball and has a scar around his eye.
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Is someone tortured?
130 supporters
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not torture as such, but a main character gets held down by an older boy and is threatened to have a cigarette put out into his eye unless he takes back a comment he made. throughout this, the character is begging for him to stop
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
121 supporters
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A leech latches onto a character's genitals, we see him reach into his clothing to pull it out, there is blood and the leech is visible, he faints.
There is mention of a dog that allegedly is trained to bite genitalia, the dog turns out to be fairly harmless and no one is bitten.
There is mention of a dog that allegedly is trained to bite genitalia, the dog turns out to be fairly harmless and no one is bitten.
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Is there body horror?
110 supporters
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you see one dead body at the end but the body is intact with some cuts etc
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Is someone burned alive?
72 supporters
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Teddy has a disfigured ear from where his father pressed it into a hot stove
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Is there throat mutilation?
62 supporters
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A fatal throat stabbing is mentioned towards the end of the movie
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Is someone crushed to death?
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There is no crushing death, a person was killed by the impact of a train, not shown on screen.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
57 supporters
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One of the antagonist friends gets a word carved into his arm by another person of the group. The person consented to this however it can still be triggering.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
46 supporters
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There’s a choke hold and the boys dunk each other in a swamp
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Is someone stabbed?
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Although not seen visually, an author types a story on a computer where he uses the phrase "he was stabbed in the throat" at the end of the movie.
A child is also threatened by another youth with a knife to his throat.
A child is also threatened by another youth with a knife to his throat.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Gordie & Vern do plummet down from falling off the track, but by sheer luck neither of them sustain an injury from it.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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A character briefly faints.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
112 supporters
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Not only are the main characters trying to find the body of a dead boy(and the dead body is shown on screen), Gordie's brother is also mentioned to have been killed, and his funeral is shown in a dream sequence.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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A young person is killed by a train, not shown.
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Does a major character die?
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not shown
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
43 supporters
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Yes, three or four times.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
42 supporters
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No, but a beloved older brother and only supportive member of a child's family has recently died.
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Does a family member die?
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only the closed casket funeral is shown
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
1 supporters
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No, but a sentimental item is stolen from a child character.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Gordie gets chased by Chopper - a dog
Gordie & Vern run from an oncoming train, eventually Gordie tackles him & Vern from the track
Gordie & Vern run from an oncoming train, eventually Gordie tackles him & Vern from the track
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Used in a scene where Ace & his friends are carving names into their skin
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Are there ghosts?
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They hear noises at night in the forest they're camping in. One of the main characters jokes about it being ghosts to scare one of the other ones in the group. Eventually they conclude it must be coyotes.
It's never brought up again.
It's never brought up again.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Main characters go swimming in a body of water.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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when Gordie starts talking abt the Blueberry pie eating contest there's a flashback where it's a long very emetophobia-triggering 3 minute scene where a bunch of people throw up blueberry pie on each other
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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No but there are two insults/ references to characters having soiled themselves.
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Does someone spit?
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In one scene all the children are spitting water and one of them spits it in other's face.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
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This film is set in the 50’s
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
8 supporters
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Mentioned briefly by the narrator
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
76 supporters
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"Morphodite" (meaning "hermaphrodite") is used as an insult.
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
38 supporters
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I don’t think there are any lgbt people in the whole movie
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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No, but a sentimental item is taken from a main character and is never returned
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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No but a razorblade is used to give a tattoo
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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No mental institution scene is shown. However, Teddy is mocked for having his dad in a "loony bin".
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Mental Health
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No but there is the scene where Teddy's attempting a train-dodge, Chris angrily pulls him off the track & berates him that he's trying to get himself killed.
They get into an arguement later.
It is not brought up after that.
They get into an arguement later.
It is not brought up after that.
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One character stands on the tracks of an oncoming train (intending to jump out of the way last second) but his friends thought he was trying to kill himself
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There is however a scene where one of the Cobras is giving another member an arm carving "tattoo" with a small sharp object.
The person who's arm is getting carved is consenting to it.
It can be triggering but it isn't self harm.
The person who's arm is getting carved is consenting to it.
It can be triggering but it isn't self harm.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
51 supporters
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No but the main character tells a story in which a character deliberately makes himself sick.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
48 supporters
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Teddy's father is implied to have PTSD from his time in the army & has been confirmed to be violent towards his son. It's only mentioned, never shown.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
43 supporters
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character says "i'm gonna die" while standing in front of a train but later alleges he was going to move
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
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It seems like Teddy’s dad might have PTSD from the war - he is in a mental hospital and is “prone to rages”, having a history of seriously abusing Teddy
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Are there anxiety attacks?
29 supporters
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A child had a nightmare and several times two of the children cry due to trauma.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
15 supporters
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Someone’s father is discussed having a mental illness and even called “loonie”, and the son shows several signs too
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
56 supporters
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gun shots
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Is there screaming?
22 supporters
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quite a lot
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Are there underwater scenes?
14 supporters
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Someone is held underwater but we don’t see it from their perspective
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
15 supporters
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No. It briefly looks like an actor is staring directly in to camera at the end but he is looking at a computer screen.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
66 supporters
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Ace calls Chris the F-slur.
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Are there fat jokes?
65 supporters
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Several to Vern Tessio.
Also several in Gordie's campfire story about the story's protagonist David Hogan.
Also several in Gordie's campfire story about the story's protagonist David Hogan.
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A pair of cisgender boys are called "girls" as an insult.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
53 supporters
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The slur reta** is used several times.
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Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
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4
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No, there aren’t any characters in the film or the novella that were LGBTQ, nor is it ever implied.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
41 supporters
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The portrayal of low-income parents and teens as abusive and gang members could be seen as stereotypical. The film also conflates addiction with abuse.
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There is a mention of Jewish & girls of other religions than Catholism being "easier" to get into bed made by Ace.
I don't know if that's antisemitism as I'm not Jewish.
I don't know if that's antisemitism as I'm not Jewish.
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Is there hate speech?
1 supporters
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Ace Merill says the F-slur to Chris in the final confrontation.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
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Chris retaliates to Ace - leader of the Cobras - that he should go home & f--- his mother some more.
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Is there sexual content?
82 supporters
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Sexual content is talked about, but not shown.
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Are there nude scenes?
67 supporters
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Minor spoiler! There's a scene where the boys get leeches from swimming in a lake and strip to their underwear to remove them but it's not sexual
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Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
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There’s a conversation about a cartoon character having nice tits
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
28 supporters
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Teddy, Chris and Gordie each cry through the course of the movie - despite the boys usually making fun of each other, they are comforting and supportive whenever one of them is crying.
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
17 supporters
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No
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Teddy is rejected from the army for having poor eyesight and a disfigured ear
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
1 supporters
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No
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Hogan was played in a fat suit
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
90 supporters
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No
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I would say it’s a little bittersweet
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
32 supporters
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3
No
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There's no car wreck on screen, but Gordie's brother is mentioned to have died in a jeep accident.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
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No
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A car plays chicken with an oncoming truck. Also several scenes of trains honking.
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Is someone hit by a car?
1 supporters
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- There are mentions of Gordie's older brother Denny dying in a car crash before the movie;
- The kid's body they're looking for is heavily implied to have died by getting hit by a train;
- Teddy almost gets hit by a train, Chris pulls him off the track;
- Vern & Gordie almost get hit by a train, Gordie tackles Vern over the ledge of the tracks to the floor.
- The kid's body they're looking for is heavily implied to have died by getting hit by a train;
- Teddy almost gets hit by a train, Chris pulls him off the track;
- Vern & Gordie almost get hit by a train, Gordie tackles Vern over the ledge of the tracks to the floor.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
84 supporters
Yes
26
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A character's fingers are bloodied after removing a leech. Another character has a tattoo cut into his arm. Dried blood on a corpse.
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Does someone drown?
48 supporters
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0
No
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The main characters playfully push each other under the water, no one is seriously injured.
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Is there gun violence?
43 supporters
Yes
29
No
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No one is actually shot by the gun, but they are threatened
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