In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
At one point, a goat is transformed into a human. Humorously, Billy" still acts like a goat, including making noises. He is killed when the unicorn swoops in to save Yvaine and Tristan from Lamia; we see the unicorn charge into him, and his stiff body falling to the ground, having transformed back into a goat. It's also heavily implied that the unicorn was burned alive in the same scene; Lamia shoots green flames in its direction, but we don't get to see its final fate.
Kind of? A king raises his 7 sons, he encourages them to kill one another so there is only one remaining, who will inherit the throne. It is also mentioned this happened to him and he was the last survivor of his 12 brothers.
Not exactly abusive. But tradition is for the male heirs to the throne to murder each other until only one remains, and their father, the king, encourages this and even aids in one of the murders.
An animal is killed by witches for divination just off screen, a goat is killed on screen, and we don’t see the unicorn again after being blasted by a witch.
One of the witches uses a doll to control a character (not a good guy) and break his arm and leg and eventually kill him. No blood is shown but you do hear the sounds.
A character is controlled by a small doll, and his arm and legs break, and after he dies he is puppeted around which is scary because he moves in unsettling ways.
An infant is abandoned in a basket at the wall and is intended to be given to the babies father. They’re luck the weather wasnt extreme. Also the mother gave the baby away when still very young and likely still drinking milk, which that father likely could not supply without her.
No, but the star is lead to believe the boy had a one night stand with her and ran off with another woman, because someone gives her a faulty message he didn't remember properly.
The princes all die, mostly by each others hands and mostly before the story begins since tradition seems to be “last man standing becomes king” up until that point.
There is a subplot involving a character who keeps that part of his life hidden from his friends and coworkers for fear of rejection. They find out near the end, and are more accepting than he had feared.
Septimus jumps off a ship into a lake, and there's an underwater shot of him landing in the water. Later, during the final confrontation with the witches, Lamia reaches into a pool of water and there's shot from under the water looking up at her.
Captain Shakespeare is closeted gay and it’s played for laughs. There’s a long scene of him dancing in front of the mirror in woman’s clothes. When everyone finds out they’re all quite sweet about it though
A male character is magically transformed into a female, and it's used as a gag that a woman has a deep voice and a masculine name, which might come off as a bit problematic for trans people.
as mentioned, there's a joke about a man having been turned into a beautiful girl but still having a very deep voice. there is a pirate captain who dresses in drag, which is played as a funny but harmless quirk. he is treated very sympathetically and when he comes out his crew supports him
- A Romani-coded woman being the object of desire and flirtatious, it’s a trope used to exoticise Roma. - The Audio Description describes the caravan as a “[g slur] caravan” the g slur rhymes with tipsy. It is considered a slur against Romani worldwide, though in the UK it often is considered the actual term for the Romani community, though opinions in the UK Romani community vary on how it should be used. The movie takes place in England so them using the term as the rego nosed community term is possible. - A star who takes the body of a woman and is perceived as a woman is called a “cow”. Very much has misogynistic tones. - Many of the witches are antisemetic in coding, specifically the old crone trope and have “dreadlocks” for hair as both wigs and as their actual hair when it becomes unkempt. One of the witches, who appears to be white, even sells Dreamcatchers which are specific to the Indigneous Ojibwe tribe of Turtle Island/The USA. White people should not be profiting off of and selling Indigneous sacred items, especially if they were not made by Ojibwe people. - The witches abuse and kill animals ritualistically, something Christians often think of Pagan religions and non-Christian religions and use as an excuse to be discriminatory towards other religions. This trope often reaffirms this belief in real life. - A flamboyant gay man who likes to dress in what would be stereotypically defined as “women’s” clothing hides his true self from others to withhold his reputation as a ruthless pirate. He is called “twinkle toes” derogatorily and “whoopsie” by a fellow crew mate, both being terms that can be used perjoratively towards gay people. - One of the actors in this film is known for doing blackface, David Walliams. - A lot of Victorian era sexism and misogyny.
Several bath scenes, and one character died in a bath and so he's shown naked for the rest of the movie. They never show his genitals, he's always covered by the way the screen cuts, or a hand, and at the end he even is wearing just one piece of cloth.
In the beginning of the movie, it is implied that Dunstan and Una have sex (not shown on screen). It's also implied that Yveine and Tristran have sex (also not shown on screen).